Carpal tunnel release waiting time at Ballina District Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Carpal tunnel release at this public hospital, 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: 52 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 13 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 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Carpal tunnel release, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballina District Hospital	52 days	not published	13 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.

Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 27 km away52 days
Casino and District Memorial HospitalNSW · about 51 km away62 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 76 km away42 days
Robina HospitalQLD · about 90 km away90 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 102 km away91 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 109 km away49 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 139 km away67 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 150 km away56 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. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

Ballina District Hospital
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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	Ballina District Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	47	78	56
2017–18	79	78	61
2018–19	51	85	62
2019–20	42	91	70
2020–21	61	91	80
2021–22	101	99	82
2022–23	108	104	83
2023–24	87	87	72
2024–25	52	96	71

What is not here

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

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