Surgery Waits

Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

Median wait, long waits and volumes for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Kogarah area of New South Wales, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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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
St George Hospital NSWnot publishednot publishednot published
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

St George Hospital NSW did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for carpal tunnel release by financial year at St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St George Hospital NSW 83NSW 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 periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published7856
2017–18not published7861
2018–19not published8562
2019–20499170
2020–21not published9180
2021–22not published9982
2022–238310483
2023–24not published8772
2024–25not published9671

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

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