Carpal tunnel release waiting time at Townsville University Hospital

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: 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 117 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.6%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 71 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
Townsville University Hospital	64 days	2.6%	117 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.

Proserpine HospitalQLD · about 225 km away88 days
Cairns HospitalQLD · about 288 km away84 days
Mackay Base HospitalQLD · about 322 km away73 days
Longreach HospitalQLD · about 526 km away78 days
Rockhampton HospitalQLD · about 594 km away72 days
Gladstone HospitalQLD · about 685 km away55 days
Roma HospitalQLD · about 832 km away349 days
Bundaberg Base HospitalQLD · about 843 km away60 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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	Townsville University Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	60	54	56
2017–18	80	65	61
2018–19	87	69	62
2019–20	80	73	70
2020–21	105	71	80
2021–22	204	69	82
2022–23	93	69	83
2023–24	131	69	72
2024–25	64	74	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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