Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Frankston Public Surgical Centre
The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 43 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
- 43 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 125 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 63 days in 2022–23 to 43 days in 2024–25 — down 32% — while the national median fell from 83 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sandringham Hospital, about 24 km away, at 28 days. 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 43 days | 0.0% | 125 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 3.5% | 2456 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.2% | 9994 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Frankston Public Surgical Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Frankston Public Surgical Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 42 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 45 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 41 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 52 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 87 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 85 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 63 | 80 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 65 | 54 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 43 | 53 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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