Surgery Waits

Microlaryngoscopy waiting time at Launceston General Hospital

The median wait for microlaryngoscopy at this public hospital in the South Launceston area of Tasmania was 57 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
57 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
151 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
4.6%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 44 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 109 days in 2016–17 to 57 days in 2024–25 — down 48% — while the national median rose from 24 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 440 km away, at 13 days. Here, 4.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.3%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Microlaryngoscopy" 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 Microlaryngoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Launceston General Hospital57 days4.6%151 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)57 days5.3%152 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)19 days4.6%439 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days3.3%1915 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for microlaryngoscopy by financial year at Launceston General Hospital, compared with Tasmania and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Launceston General Hospital 57TAS 57Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Microlaryngoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodLaunceston General Hospital (days)TAS (days)Australia (days)
2016–17109not published24
2017–18175not published23
2018–19142not published25
2019–20155not published22
2020–21136not published23
2021–22124not published21
2022–2375not published22
2023–24565726
2024–25575726

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

All surgery at Launceston General Hospital · Microlaryngoscopy across Australia · Microlaryngoscopy in Tasmania