Surgery Waits

Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Mount Nasura area of Western Australia was 57 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
57 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
106 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.9%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 56 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 57 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 51 km away, at 35 days. Here, 0.9% 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
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital57 days0.9%106 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)71 days3.6%1198 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 Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital 57WA 71Australia 71
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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 periodArmadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17455156
2017–18375161
2018–19315662
2019–20316370
2020–21427180
2021–22348382
2022–23419183
2023–24487672
2024–25577171

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

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