Prostate biopsy waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

The median wait for prostate biopsy at this public hospital in the South Launceston area of Tasmania was 42 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: 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 253 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 49 days in 2016–17 to 42 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — while the national median rose from 27 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mersey Community Hospital, about 65 km away, at 36 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Prostate biopsy" 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 Prostate biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital	42 days	0.0%	253 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	50 days	0.2%	434 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	27 days	0.1%	2876 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	33 days	0.4%	11402 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.

Mersey Community HospitalTAS · about 65 km away36 days
Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 160 km away78 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 342 km away19 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 363 km away91 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 379 km away28 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 404 km away35 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 405 km away21 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 408 km away125 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 Prostate biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Launceston General Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	49	43	27
2017–18	53	51	29
2018–19	42	46	29
2019–20	57	57	28
2020–21	78	68	29
2021–22	46	39	28
2022–23	75	65	30
2023–24	38	44	29
2024–25	42	50	33

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

All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Prostate biopsy across Australia · Prostate biopsy in Tasmania