Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Kalgoorlie Health Campus
Half of patients at Kalgoorlie Health Campus waited 61 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 Piccadilly area of Western 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
- 61 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 22 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 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2016–17 to 61 days in 2024–25 — up 144% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northam Hospital, about 469 km away, at 36 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalgoorlie Health Campus | 61 days | not published | 22 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 3.6% | 1198 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.
Esperance Hospital, WA · about 349 km away: 82 days
Northam Hospital, WA · about 469 km away: 36 days
Narrogin Hospital, WA · about 474 km away: 82 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 540 km away: 57 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 545 km away: 63 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 549 km away: 248 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 553 km away: 59 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 553 km away: 68 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Kalgoorlie Health Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Kalgoorlie Health Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 25 | 51 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 38 | 51 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 63 | 56 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 67 | 63 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 78 | 71 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 83 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 61 | 91 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 70 | 76 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 61 | 71 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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