Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Gympie Hospital
Half of patients at Gympie Hospital waited 84 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 Gympie area of Queensland.
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
- 84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 98 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 46 days in 2016–17 to 84 days in 2024–25 — up 83% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Maryborough Hospital, about 74 km away, at 35 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gympie Hospital | 84 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 4.2% | 2245 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.
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 57 km away: 95 days
Maryborough Hospital, QLD · about 74 km away: 35 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 77 km away: 108 days
Hervey Bay Hospital, QLD · about 100 km away: 27 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 124 km away: 72 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 139 km away: 43 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 145 km away: 95 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 145 km away: 77 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gympie Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gympie Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 46 | 54 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 54 | 65 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 32 | 69 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 32 | 73 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 49 | 71 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 69 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 69 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 126 | 69 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 84 | 74 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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