Surgery Waits

Carpal tunnel surgery waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 49 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 71 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Carpal tunnel release".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

26 public hospitals in South Australia reported carpal tunnel surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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9 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.

Carpal tunnel release in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 South Coast District Hospital 14 days not published 39 surgeries
2 Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services 20 days not published 13 surgeries
3 Clare Hospital 25 days not published 32 surgeries
4 Port Lincoln Health Service 27 days not published 27 surgeries
5 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 28 days not published 26 surgeries
6 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 30 days not published 35 surgeries
7 Angaston District Hospital 32 days not published 28 surgeries
8 Gawler Health Service 38 days not published 29 surgeries
9 Riverland General Hospital 41 days not published 47 surgeries
10 Royal Adelaide Hospital 47 days 6.7% 90 surgeries
11 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 50 days 0.0% 83 surgeries
12 Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) 54 days not published 25 surgeries
13 Naracoorte Health Service 56 days not published 24 surgeries
14 Modbury Hospital 86 days 7.3% 82 surgeries
15 Noarlunga Hospital 99 days 3.7% 109 surgeries
16 Lyell McEwin Hospital 110 days not published 34 surgeries
17 Flinders Medical Centre 126 days not published 42 surgeries
unranked Ceduna District Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Jamestown Hospital and Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Kangaroo Island Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Loxton Hospital Complex not published not published not published
unranked Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Port Pirie Regional Health Service not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Renmark Paringa District Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Whyalla Hospital and Health Services not published not published not published

Ranked by area in South Australia: near the Adelaide CBD · near Bedford Park · near Elizabeth Vale.

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The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 49 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Carpal tunnel surgery waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carpal-tunnel-surgery/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carpal-tunnel-surgery/sa/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in South Australia.