Carpal tunnel release waiting time at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services

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: 20 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 4 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
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services	20 days	not published	13 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.

Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)SA · about 158 km away54 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 166 km away25 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 249 km away38 days
Angaston District HospitalSA · about 251 km away32 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 262 km away110 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 272 km away86 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 273 km away50 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 278 km away47 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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	Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	22	33	56
2017–18	28	38	61
2018–19	14	36	62
2019–20	23	45	70
2020–21	33	65	80
2021–22	7	69	82
2022–23	42	72	83
2023–24	38	57	72
2024–25	20	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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