Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at The Prince Charles Hospital

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Chermside West area of Queensland was 43 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

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

Median wait: 43 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 174 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 50 days in 2016–17 to 43 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — 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. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.

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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
The Prince Charles Hospital	43 days	0.0%	174 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	74 days	4.2%	2245 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	71 days	5.2%	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.

Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 6 km away95 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 7 km away77 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 11 km away63 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 12 km away60 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 19 km away63 days
Redcliffe HospitalQLD · about 20 km away72 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 28 km away56 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 33 km away67 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Carpal tunnel release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Prince Charles Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	50	54	56
2017–18	56	65	61
2018–19	65	69	62
2019–20	66	73	70
2020–21	49	71	80
2021–22	53	69	82
2022–23	56	69	83
2023–24	60	69	72
2024–25	43	74	71

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

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