Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Gosford Hospital
Half of patients at Gosford Hospital waited 167 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 Gosford 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
- 167 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 44 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 140 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 80 days in 2016–17 to 167 days in 2024–25 — up 109% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wyong Hospital, about 22 km away, at 95 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gosford Hospital | 167 days | not published | 44 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.
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 95 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 79 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 87 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 89 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 51 km away: 103 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 158 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 105 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 53 km away: 66 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gosford Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gosford Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 80 | 78 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 78 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 78 | 85 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 81 | 91 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 131 | 91 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 361 | 99 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 263 | 104 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 89 | 87 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 167 | 96 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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