Carpal tunnel release waiting time at Wagga Wagga 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: 142 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 115 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 8.7%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 137 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
Wagga Wagga Hospital	142 days	8.7%	115 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	96 days	8.9%	2847 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.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 121 km away58 days
Griffith Base HospitalNSW · about 152 km away49 days
Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 167 km away53 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 188 km away87 days
Cooma Hospital and Health ServiceNSW · about 203 km away42 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 219 km away112 days
Deniliquin HospitalNSW · about 222 km away1 day
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 224 km away85 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. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Wagga Wagga Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	235	78	56
2017–18	278	78	61
2018–19	170	85	62
2019–20	131	91	70
2020–21	83	91	80
2021–22	70	99	82
2022–23	81	104	83
2023–24	79	87	72
2024–25	142	96	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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