Surgery Waits

Carotid endarterectomy waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital

The median wait for carotid endarterectomy at this public hospital in the Hobart area of Tasmania was 21 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
21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
18 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 6 days in 2016–17 to 21 days in 2024–25 — up 250% — while the national median rose from 11 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 594 km away, at 13 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Carotid endarterectomy" 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 Carotid endarterectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Hobart Hospital21 daysnot published18 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)23 days0.3%355 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)not publishednot published18 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)19 days1.6%128 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)20 days0.6%702 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 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 carotid endarterectomy by financial year at Royal Hobart Hospital, compared with Tasmania and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Hobart Hospital 21Australia 20
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Carotid endarterectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Hobart Hospital (days)TAS (days)Australia (days)
2016–176not published11
2017–1814not published13
2018–19not publishednot published19
2019–2010not published17
2020–2111not published20
2021–2211not published16
2022–2320not published18
2023–2427not published18
2024–2521not published20

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

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