Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Longreach Hospital
Half of patients at Longreach Hospital waited 78 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 Ilfracombe 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
- 78 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 91 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 50 days in 2018–19 to 78 days in 2024–25 — up 56% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Townsville University Hospital, about 526 km away, at 64 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longreach Hospital | 78 days | not published | 11 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.
Townsville University Hospital, QLD · about 526 km away: 64 days
Proserpine Hospital, QLD · about 560 km away: 88 days
Mackay Base Hospital, QLD · about 564 km away: 73 days
Roma Hospital, QLD · about 573 km away: 349 days
Rockhampton Hospital, QLD · about 636 km away: 72 days
Gladstone Hospital, QLD · about 713 km away: 55 days
Cairns Hospital, QLD · about 743 km away: 84 days
Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD · about 834 km away: 60 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
- Longreach Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Longreach Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 54 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 65 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 50 | 69 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 73 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 71 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 69 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 126 | 69 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 72 | 69 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 78 | 74 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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