The latest data released on Friday for the state government's Health Dashboard showed increased demand on a variety of health services in the quarter leading up to December last year.
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The number of patients waiting on elective surgery in all categories at Launceston General Hospital increased in 2018 to 3,087 in December.
In the 12 months to December 2018, 7,263 patients were removed from the elective surgery wait list at LGH.
Statewide, 64 per cent of patients were admitted to surgery within the clinically recommended time.
Health Minister Michael Ferguson said demand on the healthcare is containing to grow, however, improvements have been made in key areas.
"Despite steady growth in Emergency Department presentations, there has been the highest number of Tasmanians leaving within four hours since 2017 which is good news," Mr Ferguson said.
"The Oral Health waiting list is now almost 1000 lower than in May 2018. This a huge improvement and we want to see continued downward trends in this area.
"The elective surgery waiting list growth has stabilised, despite demand continuing to increase.
"Ambulance response times continue to be within normal ranges despite increased numbers of dispatches and we will be building on our ambulance capacity in the coming months, with paramedics for Wynyard, St Helens, Bicheno, Dodges Ferry and Deloraine under our 42 rural and regional paramedic funding."
The average ambulance response time was 12.9 minutes with an increase in dispatches up to 8,427 across the state in December.
The latest information on the Communities Tasmania Dashboard was also released on Friday.
The average number of weeks to house priority applicants for public housing remained the same as the quarter ending in September 2018 at 56 weeks.
The number of open applications on the housing register only decreased slightly throughout 2018, from 3,364 in January to 3,233 in December.
Disability Services and Community Development Minister Jacquie Petrusma said the data shows no unexpected variances across indicators.
"We know that the housing market presents challenges, despite this, housing indicators remain relatively stable," Ms Petrusma said.
"Importantly, the Housing Register has stabilised, below where it was a year ago, which means we are keeping up with new demand for social housing."