Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at The Alfred

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the South Yarra area of Victoria was 49 days in 2024–25.

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: 49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 98 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 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 49 days in 2024–25 — up 75% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 4 km away, at 28 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
The Alfred	49 days	0.0%	98 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	53 days	3.5%	2456 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.

St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 4 km away28 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 4 km away67 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 6 km away57 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 8 km away50 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 10 km away93 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 11 km away115 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away138 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away100 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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 period	The Alfred (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	28	42	56
2017–18	30	45	61
2018–19	26	41	62
2019–20	40	52	70
2020–21	107	87	80
2021–22	64	85	82
2022–23	44	80	83
2023–24	41	54	72
2024–25	49	53	71

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

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