Carpal tunnel release waiting time at Lyell McEwin 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: 110 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 34 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 123 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
Lyell McEwin Hospital	110 days	not published	34 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.

Modbury HospitalSA · about 10 km away86 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 19 km away38 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 19 km away50 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 21 km away47 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away126 days
Angaston District HospitalSA · about 45 km away32 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 46 km away99 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 70 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	Lyell McEwin Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	68	33	56
2017–18	41	38	61
2018–19	69	36	62
2019–20	78	45	70
2020–21	107	65	80
2021–22	99	69	82
2022–23	100	72	83
2023–24	65	57	72
2024–25	110	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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