Laparoscopy waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Laparoscopy at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 122 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.6%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 88 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Laparoscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Hobart Hospital	84 days	1.6%	122 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	86 days	3.5%	339 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	53 days	2.5%	3279 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	69 days	5.4%	9403 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.

Launceston General HospitalTAS · about 160 km away76 days
North West Regional HospitalTAS · about 236 km away98 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 497 km away46 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 523 km away62 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 537 km away44 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 557 km away35 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 558 km away15 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 563 km away167 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Hobart Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	181	63	47
2017–18	140	68	51
2018–19	177	110	57
2019–20	113	132	64
2020–21	267	198	79
2021–22	275	161	78
2022–23	108	129	82
2023–24	52	68	69
2024–25	84	86	69

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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