Surgery Waits

Nephrectomy waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital

The median wait for nephrectomy at this public hospital in the Hobart area of Tasmania was 89 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
89 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
33 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 57 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 56 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 39 days in 2016–17 to 89 days in 2024–25 — up 128% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 30 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Launceston General Hospital, about 160 km away, at 37 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Nephrectomy" 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 Nephrectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Hobart Hospital89 daysnot published33 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)not publishednot published81 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)26 days0.0%746 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)30 days0.6%2721 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 30 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 nephrectomy by financial year at Royal Hobart Hospital, compared with Tasmania and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Hobart Hospital 89Australia 30
  • Royal Hobart Hospital
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Nephrectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Hobart Hospital (days)TAS (days)Australia (days)
2016–1739not published26
2017–1856not published27
2018–1997not published28
2019–2078not published28
2020–2137not published29
2021–2282not published28
2022–2364not published30
2023–2457not published32
2024–2589not published30

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

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