Carpal tunnel release waiting time at Gawler Health Service

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: 38 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 29 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 23 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
Gawler Health Service	38 days	not published	29 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	49 days	2.8%	808 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.

Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 19 km away110 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 27 km away86 days
Angaston District HospitalSA · about 29 km away32 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 38 km away50 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 39 km away47 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 51 km away126 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 65 km away99 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 76 km away30 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	Gawler Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	33	56
2017–18	28	38	61
2018–19	37	36	62
2019–20	34	45	70
2020–21	82	65	80
2021–22	27	69	82
2022–23	18	72	83
2023–24	14	57	72
2024–25	38	49	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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