Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as “Carpal tunnel release” — at this public hospital in the Lalor 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: 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 151 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 41 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — down 46% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.

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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
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	22 days	0.0%	151 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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away138 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away100 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away57 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away67 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away28 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 19 km away93 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away56 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away482 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	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	41	42	56
2017–18	30	45	61
2018–19	49	41	62
2019–20	62	52	70
2020–21	89	87	80
2021–22	126	85	82
2022–23	32	80	83
2023–24	28	54	72
2024–25	22	53	71

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

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