Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 22 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 Lalor area of Victoria.
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
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 151 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 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 41 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — down 46% — 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. 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 22 days | 0.0% | 151 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.
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 138 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 12 km away: 100 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 17 km away: 57 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 17 km away: 67 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 18 km away: 28 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 19 km away: 93 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 56 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 482 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Northern Hospital [Epping]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 41 | 42 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 30 | 45 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 49 | 41 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 52 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 89 | 87 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 126 | 85 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 32 | 80 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 28 | 54 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | 53 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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