Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Toowoomba 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 South Toowoomba area of Queensland, 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: 152 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 91 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 27.5%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 138 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 190 days in 2016–17 to 152 days in 2024–25 — down 20% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 107 km away, at 63 days. Here, 27.5% 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
Toowoomba Hospital	152 days	27.5%	91 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	74 days	4.2%	2245 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.

Ipswich HospitalQLD · about 80 km away171 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 107 km away63 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 108 km away77 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 108 km away60 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 108 km away95 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 108 km away43 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 109 km away63 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 118 km away67 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	Toowoomba Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	190	54	56
2017–18	162	65	61
2018–19	273	69	62
2019–20	299	73	70
2020–21	281	71	80
2021–22	97	69	82
2022–23	62	69	83
2023–24	131	69	72
2024–25	152	74	71

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

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