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North West Regional Hospital surgery waiting times

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

North West Regional Hospital is a public hospital in Tasmania. It reported 28 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 11 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at North West Regional Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Surgery Median wait Surgeries Waited more than 365 days
Mastectomy 23 days 13 surgeries not published
Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy 26 days 40 surgeries not published
Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy 41 days 12 surgeries not published
Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage 55 days 226 surgeries 0.4%
Arthroscopy 68 days 22 surgeries not published
Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) 96 days 76 surgeries 2.6%
Carpal tunnel release 97 days 58 surgeries 0.0%
Laparoscopy 98 days 53 surgeries 0.0%
Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) 129 days 34 surgeries not published
Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy 140 days 89 surgeries 11.2%
Total hip replacement 163 days 129 surgeries 13.2%
Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) 179 days 57 surgeries 19.3%
Adenoidectomy 198 days 20 surgeries not published
Total knee replacement 214 days 98 surgeries 19.4%
Amputation of limb not published not published not published
Arthroplasty - revision of not published 8 surgeries not published
Circumcision not published not published not published
Endometrial ablation not published not published not published
Haemorrhoidectomy not published 5 surgeries not published
Mastoidectomy not published not published not published
Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty not published not published not published
Myringotomy not published 8 surgeries not published
Parathyroidectomy not published not published not published
Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of not published not published not published
Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of not published 8 surgeries not published
Prostate biopsy not published not published not published
Radical neck dissection not published not published not published
Septoplasty not published 7 surgeries not published
Arthrodesis last reported 2019–20 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Cystectomy last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Cystoscopy last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2020–21 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Exostosis - excision of last reported 2021–22 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2020–21 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Nerve decompression last reported 2018–19 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Orchidopexy last reported 2017–18 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Trabeculectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Varicose veins treatment last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period

Urgency categories

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.

All planned surgery at North West Regional Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.
Urgency category Median wait Treated within the recommended time Surgeries
Urgent 28 days 57% 638 surgeries
Semi-urgent 125 days 35% 980 surgeries
Non-urgent 219 days 79% 330 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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