Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital
The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Hobart area of Tasmania was 50 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
- 50 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 151 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.6%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 160 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 41 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 156 days in 2016–17 to 50 days in 2024–25 — down 68% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mersey Community Hospital, about 198 km away, at 48 days. Here, 6.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Carpal tunnel release" 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 50 days | 6.6% | 151 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 63 days | 4.2% | 381 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 3.5% | 2456 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.2% | 9994 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Hobart Hospital (days) | TAS (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 156 | 77 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 150 | 83 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 109 | 97 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 69 | 84 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 94 | 105 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 138 | 112 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 94 | 78 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 44 | 63 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 50 | 63 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Carpal tunnel surgery across Australia · Carpal tunnel surgery in Tasmania