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Elective surgery urgency categories:
Category 1: Urgent, patients should be treated within 30 days.
Category 2: Semi-urgent, patients should be treated within 90 days.
Category 3: Non-urgent, patients should be treated within 365 days.
Data may vary from that previously published due to data reporting practices.
Admissions - elective surgery
The number of patients who were admitted for surgery from the elective surgery waiting list.
Statewide
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
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Admitted median wait time - elective surgery
The number of days within which 50 per cent of patients were admitted from the elective surgery waiting list.
Statewide
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
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Admitted median wait time for selected procedures - elective surgery
The number of days within which 50 per cent of patients were admitted from the elective surgery wait list for the selected procedure.
Procedure (12 months to July 2024) | Statewide (days) | LGH (days) | MCH (days) | NWRH (days) | RHH (days) |
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Removals - elective surgery
Reasons why patients are removed from the elective surgery wait list.
Removal reason (12 months to July 2024) | Statewide (No.) | LGH (No.) | MCH (No.) | NWRH (No.) | RHH (No.) |
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Waiting list - elective surgery
The number of patients on the elective surgery waiting list who are waiting for a surgical procedure.
A person may be included on the waiting list more than once. This occurs when a person is waiting for more than one service included on the waiting list. Each wait is counted as a separate patient.
Statewide
Month | All categories (No.) | Category 1 (No.) | Category 2 (No.) | Category 3 (No.) |
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
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Average overdue days waiting - elective surgery
The average number of days waited beyond the clinically recommended time for surgery for overdue patients on the wait list. This excludes days waited prior to the patient becoming overdue.
Statewide
Month | All categories (No.) | Category 1 (No.) | Category 2 (No.) | Category 3 (No.) |
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
Month | All categories (No.) | Category 1 (No.) | Category 2 (No.) | Category 3 (No.) |
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Hospital initiated postponements - elective surgery
Number of postponements for elective surgery that were initiated by the hospital.
Statewide
Month | Statewide (No.) |
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Seen within time - elective surgery
The percentage of patients who were admitted for their surgery within the clinically recommended time.
Statewide
Month | All categories (%) | Category 1 (%) | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) |
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
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North West Regional Hospital
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
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Emergency and other surgery and procedures
The number of emergency surgeries and other surgeries and procedures performed, excluding admissions for elective surgery waiting list and planned endoscopy patients.
This measure comprises a wide-range of hospital activity, including major emergency trauma surgery, other surgical procedures not reported separately as elective surgeries, as well as diagnostic procedures such as angiography.
Month | Statewide (No.) | LGH (No.) | MCH (No.) | NWRH (No.) | RHH (No.) |
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