Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital
Half of patients at Tweed Valley Hospital waited 42 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 Tweed Heads area of New South Wales.
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
- 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 66 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 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 42 days in 2024–25 — down 7% — 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%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Carpal tunnel release" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed Valley Hospital | 42 days | 0.0% | 66 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 8.9% | 2847 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.
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 20 km away: 90 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 29 km away: 91 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 69 km away: 67 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 52 days
Ballina District Hospital, NSW · about 76 km away: 52 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 77 km away: 56 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 84 km away: 63 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 91 km away: 60 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Tweed Valley Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tweed Valley Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 45 | 78 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 37 | 78 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 49 | 85 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 49 | 91 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 100 | 91 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 76 | 99 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 45 | 104 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 38 | 87 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 42 | 96 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Tweed Valley Hospital · Carpal tunnel surgery across Australia · Carpal tunnel surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales