Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Kempsey District Hospital
Half of patients at Kempsey District Hospital waited 125 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 West Kempsey 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
- 125 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 37 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 129 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 198 days in 2016–17 to 125 days in 2024–25 — down 37% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Manning Hospital, about 100 km away, at 84 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempsey District Hospital | 125 days | not published | 37 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.
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 254 days
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 44 km away: 128 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 87 km away: 283 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 100 km away: 84 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 127 km away: 48 days
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 133 km away: 224 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 155 km away: 49 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 181 km away: 111 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Kempsey District Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Kempsey District Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 198 | 78 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 122 | 78 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 145 | 85 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 89 | 91 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 153 | 91 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 181 | 99 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 162 | 104 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 212 | 87 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 125 | 96 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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