Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital waited 30 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 Murray Bridge area of South 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
- 30 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 35 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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 8 days in 2016–17 to 30 days in 2024–25 — up 275% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 30 days | not published | 35 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 49 days | 2.8% | 808 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.
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 63 km away: 86 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 66 km away: 126 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 67 km away: 47 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 70 km away: 110 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 71 km away: 99 days
Angaston District Hospital, SA · about 73 km away: 32 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 73 km away: 50 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 76 km away: 38 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 8 | 33 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 107 | 38 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 168 | 36 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 99 | 45 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 80 | 65 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 65 | 69 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 83 | 72 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 22 | 57 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 30 | 49 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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