Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Half of patients at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital waited 117 days or less for carpal tunnel surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Carpal tunnel release". This public hospital is in the Condell Park area of New South Wales.
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
- 117 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 68 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.5%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 127 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 76 days in 2016–17 to 117 days in 2024–25 — up 54% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Auburn Hospital, about 8 km away, at 88 days. Here, 1.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 117 days | 1.5% | 68 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 8.9% | 2847 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.
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 271 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 88 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 206 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 158 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 282 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 72 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 16 km away: 42 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 64 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 76 | 78 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 41 | 78 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 85 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 54 | 91 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 73 | 91 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 140 | 99 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 133 | 104 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 85 | 87 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 117 | 96 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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