Surgery Waits

Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services

Median wait, long waits and volumes for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Whyalla area of South Australia, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

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

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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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
Whyalla Hospital and Health Servicesnot publishednot publishednot published
South Australia (all public hospitals)49 days2.8%808 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)71 days5.2%9994 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Whyalla Hospital and Health Services did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for carpal tunnel release by financial year at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, compared with South Australia and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Whyalla Hospital and Health Services 38SA 49Australia 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 periodWhyalla Hospital and Health Services (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17413356
2017–18553861
2018–19353662
2019–20284570
2020–21446580
2021–22406982
2022–23277283
2023–24385772
2024–25not published4971

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

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