Surgery Waits

Radical neck dissection waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital

The median wait for radical neck dissection at this public hospital in the Hobart area of Tasmania was 19 days in 2024–25.

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

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

Median wait
19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
15 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 17 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 11 days in 2020–21 to 19 days in 2024–25 — up 73% — while the national median rose from 13 days to 15 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Launceston General Hospital, about 160 km away, at 13 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Radical neck dissection, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Hobart Hospital19 daysnot published15 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)not publishednot published28 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)13 days0.0%199 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)15 days0.9%535 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.

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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for radical neck dissection by financial year at Royal Hobart Hospital, compared with Tasmania and Australiadays051015202016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Hobart Hospital 19Australia 15
  • Royal Hobart Hospital
  • TAS
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Radical neck dissection, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Hobart Hospital (days)TAS (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published13
2017–18not publishednot published14
2018–19not reported for this periodnot published15
2019–20not publishednot published12
2020–2111not published13
2021–22not publishednot published13
2022–2311not published14
2023–2413not published13
2024–2519not published15

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

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