Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Rockhampton Hospital
Half of patients at Rockhampton Hospital waited 72 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 Wandal 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
- 72 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 95 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.1%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 82 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 138 days in 2016–17 to 72 days in 2024–25 — down 48% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gladstone Hospital, about 93 km away, at 55 days. Here, 2.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockhampton Hospital | 72 days | 2.1% | 95 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.
Gladstone Hospital, QLD · about 93 km away: 55 days
Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD · about 250 km away: 60 days
Mackay Base Hospital, QLD · about 284 km away: 73 days
Hervey Bay Hospital, QLD · about 318 km away: 27 days
Maryborough Hospital, QLD · about 326 km away: 35 days
Gympie Hospital, QLD · about 381 km away: 84 days
Proserpine Hospital, QLD · about 385 km away: 88 days
Roma Hospital, QLD · about 395 km away: 349 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Rockhampton Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Rockhampton Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 138 | 54 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 208 | 65 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 149 | 69 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 152 | 73 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 110 | 71 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 89 | 69 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 78 | 69 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 57 | 69 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 72 | 74 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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