Surgery Waits

Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at South West Healthcare [Camperdown]

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of Victoria was 39 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
39 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
18 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 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 49 days in 2023–24 to 39 days in 2024–25 — down 20% — while the national median fell from 72 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 98 km away, at 23 days.

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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
South West Healthcare [Camperdown]39 daysnot published18 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)53 days3.5%2456 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 South West Healthcare [Camperdown], compared with Victoria and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25South West Healthcare [Camperdown] 39VIC 53Australia 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 periodSouth West Healthcare [Camperdown] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period4256
2017–18not reported for this period4561
2018–19not reported for this period4162
2019–20not reported for this period5270
2020–21not reported for this period8780
2021–22not reported for this period8582
2022–23not reported for this period8083
2023–24495472
2024–25395371

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

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