Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 44 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: 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 119 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 31 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 43 days in 2016–17 to 44 days in 2024–25 — up 2% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sandringham Hospital, about 61 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
University Hospital Geelong	44 days	0.0%	119 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.

Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 41 km away183 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 53 km away66 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 56 km away50 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 59 km away482 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 61 km away93 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 61 km away28 days
The AlfredVIC · about 64 km away49 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away57 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	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	43	42	56
2017–18	35	45	61
2018–19	43	41	62
2019–20	44	52	70
2020–21	55	87	80
2021–22	100	85	82
2022–23	102	80	83
2023–24	26	54	72
2024–25	44	53	71

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

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