Royal Hobart Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Royal Hobart Hospital is a public hospital in Tasmania. It reported 53 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.
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.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical neck dissection | 19 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 21 days | 114 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Carotid endarterectomy | 21 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Mastectomy | 25 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of | 26 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidectomy | 27 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 30 days | 170 surgeries | 0.6% |
| Amputation of limb | 32 days | 71 surgeries | 2.8% |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 35 days | 454 surgeries | 0.9% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 36 days | 159 surgeries | 0.6% |
| Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction | 36 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 37 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Laminectomy | 40 days | 328 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cystectomy | 41 days | 39 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 41 days | 142 surgeries | 0.7% |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | 41 days | 64 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Lithotripsy | 44 days | 42 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 46 days | 926 surgeries | 3.3% |
| Circumcision | 48 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 50 days | 151 surgeries | 6.6% |
| Cystoscopy | 50 days | 807 surgeries | 2.2% |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of | 50 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidopexy | 54 days | 52 surgeries | 1.9% |
| Nerve decompression | 55 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | 59 days | 90 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Arthroscopy | 69 days | 142 surgeries | 0.7% |
| Myringotomy | 77 days | 99 surgeries | 7.1% |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | 77 days | 99 surgeries | 7.1% |
| Prostate biopsy | 78 days | 141 surgeries | 0.7% |
| Laparoscopy | 84 days | 122 surgeries | 1.6% |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 86 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Nephrectomy | 89 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | 92 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Hypospadias - repair of | 95 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | 103 days | 185 surgeries | 1.6% |
| Endometrial ablation | 106 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Cleft lip and palate - repair of | 110 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Total knee replacement | 124 days | 222 surgeries | 4.1% |
| Trabeculectomy | 147 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Mastoidectomy | 156 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Arthrodesis | 175 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroplasty - revision of | 184 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 220 days | 136 surgeries | 25.7% |
| Adenoidectomy | 233 days | 115 surgeries | 24.3% |
| Varicose veins treatment | 298 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 442 days | 99 surgeries | 54.5% |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Exostosis - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Microlaryngoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Parathyroidectomy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Probing of naso-lacrimal duct | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Rhinoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
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.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 18 days | 66% | 4475 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 82 days | 54% | 3578 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 87 days | 88% | 1668 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.