Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Alice Springs Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as “Carpal tunnel release” — at this public hospital in the Alice Springs area of Northern Territory, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
- Median wait
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 33 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Springs Hospital | 22 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 59 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.2% | 9994 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.
How the wait has changed
- Alice Springs Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Alice Springs Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 33 | not published | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 27 | not published | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 36 | 57 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 11 | not published | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 5 | not published | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 8 | not published | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 15 | not published | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 25 | not published | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | not published | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Alice Springs Hospital · Carpal tunnel surgery across Australia · Carpal tunnel surgery in Northern Territory