Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as “Carpal tunnel release” — at this public hospital in the Warrnambool area of Victoria, 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: 65 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 36 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 73 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 53 days in 2016–17 to 65 days in 2024–25 — up 23% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is South West Healthcare [Camperdown], about 60 km away, at 39 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Carpal tunnel release, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	65 days	not published	36 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	49 days	2.8%	808 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	53 days	3.5%	2456 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.

South West Healthcare [Camperdown]VIC · about 60 km away39 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away23 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health ServiceSA · about 161 km away28 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 167 km away44 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 189 km away66 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 202 km away183 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 216 km away482 days
Naracoorte Health ServiceSA · about 219 km away56 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

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	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	53	42	56
2017–18	44	45	61
2018–19	57	41	62
2019–20	56	52	70
2020–21	144	87	80
2021–22	105	85	82
2022–23	77	80	83
2023–24	61	54	72
2024–25	65	53	71

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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