Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Manning Hospital
Half of patients at Manning 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 Taree South 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
- 84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 61 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.6%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
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 fallen from 89 days in 2016–17 to 84 days in 2024–25 — down 6% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Singleton Hospital, about 140 km away, at 24 days. Here, 1.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Hospital | 84 days | 1.6% | 61 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.
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 224 days
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 57 km away: 128 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 254 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 100 km away: 125 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 125 km away: 340 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 133 km away: 365 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 24 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 145 km away: 105 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Manning Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Manning Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 89 | 78 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 70 | 78 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 98 | 85 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 168 | 91 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 252 | 91 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 91 | 99 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 126 | 104 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 116 | 87 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 84 | 96 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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