Surgery Waits

Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 64 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
53 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 71 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2016–17 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 357% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, about 0 km away, at 42 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Carpal tunnel release, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital64 days0.0%53 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)96 days8.9%2847 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)71 days5.2%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for carpal tunnel release by financial year at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 64NSW 96Australia 71
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Carpal tunnel release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17147856
2017–18177861
2018–19218562
2019–20169170
2020–21219180
2021–22409982
2022–233010483
2023–24228772
2024–25649671

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · Carpal tunnel surgery across Australia · Carpal tunnel surgery in New South Wales