Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Port Macquarie Base 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 Port Macquarie area of New South Wales, 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
- 254 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 150 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 222 days in 2016–17 to 254 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, about 14 km away, at 128 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 254 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 8.9% | 2847 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.2% | 9994 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 222 | 78 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 151 | 78 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 231 | 85 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 245 | 91 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 308 | 91 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 338 | 99 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 276 | 104 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 285 | 87 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 254 | 96 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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