Carpal tunnel release waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus

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: 248 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 22.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 148 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
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	248 days	22.0%	50 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	71 days	3.6%	1198 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.

Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 5 km away120 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 8 km away63 days
Osborne Park HospitalWA · about 10 km away68 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 16 km away57 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial HospitalWA · about 25 km away57 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 26 km away59 days
Rockingham General HospitalWA · about 39 km away133 days
Peel Health CampusWA · about 65 km away35 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
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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	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	142	51	56
2017–18	171	51	61
2018–19	94	56	62
2019–20	100	63	70
2020–21	147	71	80
2021–22	119	83	82
2022–23	132	91	83
2023–24	182	76	72
2024–25	248	71	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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