Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Half of patients at Flinders Medical Centre waited 126 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 Bedford Park area of South Australia.
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
- 126 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 42 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 130 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 42 days in 2016–17 to 126 days in 2024–25 — up 200% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 11 km away, at 47 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 126 days | not published | 42 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 49 days | 2.8% | 808 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 Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 11 km away: 47 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 99 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 16 km away: 50 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 24 km away: 86 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 32 km away: 110 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 51 km away: 38 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 60 km away: 14 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 66 km away: 30 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Flinders Medical Centre
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Flinders Medical Centre (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 42 | 33 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 31 | 38 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 25 | 36 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 46 | 45 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 62 | 65 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 70 | 69 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 113 | 72 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 115 | 57 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 126 | 49 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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