Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Riverland General Hospital
Half of patients at Riverland General Hospital waited 41 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 Berri 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
- 41 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 47 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 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 63 days in 2016–17 to 41 days in 2024–25 — down 35% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Angaston District Hospital, about 144 km away, at 32 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverland General Hospital | 41 days | not published | 47 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.
Angaston District Hospital, SA · about 144 km away: 32 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 154 km away: 30 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 173 km away: 38 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 185 km away: 110 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 186 km away: 86 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 190 km away: 25 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 198 km away: 47 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 201 km away: 50 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Riverland General Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Riverland General Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 63 | 33 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 30 | 38 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 42 | 36 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 36 | 45 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 20 | 65 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 69 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 29 | 72 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 57 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 41 | 49 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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