Hip replacement waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

The median wait for hip replacement — published by the source as "Total hip replacement" — at this public hospital in the South Launceston area of Tasmania was 135 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 135 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 150 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.3%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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 57 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 253 days in 2011–12 to 135 days in 2024–25 — down 47% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Hobart Hospital, about 160 km away, at 103 days. Here, 3.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total hip replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	135 days	3.3%	150 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	126 days	5.4%	464 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	89 days	6.6%	3160 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.0%	12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

North West Regional HospitalTAS · about 114 km away163 days
Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away103 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 342 km away53 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 363 km away86 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 379 km away75 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 404 km away57 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 405 km away85 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 419 km away122 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	253	229	116
2012–13	427	372	116
2013–14	373	366	106
2014–15	356	274	109
2015–16	398	178	114
2016–17	341	185	110
2017–18	144	147	119
2018–19	125	170	119
2019–20	198	216	120
2020–21	498	328	179
2021–22	327	266	153
2022–23	433	220	175
2023–24	178	142	135
2024–25	135	126	130

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Tasmania