Surgery Waits

Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Singleton Hospital

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Redbournberry area of New South Wales was 24 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
24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
16 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 160 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 24 days in 2024–25 — up 60% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Carpal tunnel release, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Singleton Hospital24 daysnot published16 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)96 days8.9%2847 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)71 days5.2%9994 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for carpal tunnel release by financial year at Singleton Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Singleton Hospital 24NSW 96Australia 71
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Median wait in days for Carpal tunnel release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSingleton Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17157856
2017–18277861
2018–19228562
2019–20209170
2020–21359180
2021–22429982
2022–236010483
2023–24368772
2024–25249671

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

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