Carpal tunnel release waiting times in South Australia

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

26 public hospitals in South Australia reported Carpal tunnel release in 2024–25. The state median was 49 days; the national median was 71 days.

9 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.

South Coast District Hospital14 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services20 days
Clare Hospital25 days
Port Lincoln Health Service27 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service28 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital30 days
Angaston District Hospital32 days
Gawler Health Service38 days
Riverland General Hospital41 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital47 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital50 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)54 days
Naracoorte Health Service56 days
Modbury Hospital86 days
Noarlunga Hospital99 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital110 days
Flinders Medical Centre126 days
Ceduna District Health Servicenot published
Jamestown Hospital and Health Servicenot published
Kangaroo Island Health Servicenot published
Loxton Hospital Complexnot published
Millicent and District Hospital and Health Servicenot published
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalnot published
Port Pirie Regional Health Servicenot published
Renmark Paringa District Hospitalnot published
Whyalla Hospital and Health Servicesnot published

Carpal tunnel release in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	South Coast District Hospital	14 days	not published	39 surgeries
2	Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services	20 days	not published	13 surgeries
3	Clare Hospital	25 days	not published	32 surgeries
4	Port Lincoln Health Service	27 days	not published	27 surgeries
5	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	28 days	not published	26 surgeries
6	Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	30 days	not published	35 surgeries
7	Angaston District Hospital	32 days	not published	28 surgeries
8	Gawler Health Service	38 days	not published	29 surgeries
9	Riverland General Hospital	41 days	not published	47 surgeries
10	Royal Adelaide Hospital	47 days	6.7%	90 surgeries
11	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	50 days	0.0%	83 surgeries
12	Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)	54 days	not published	25 surgeries
13	Naracoorte Health Service	56 days	not published	24 surgeries
14	Modbury Hospital	86 days	7.3%	82 surgeries
15	Noarlunga Hospital	99 days	3.7%	109 surgeries
16	Lyell McEwin Hospital	110 days	not published	34 surgeries
17	Flinders Medical Centre	126 days	not published	42 surgeries
unranked	Ceduna District Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Jamestown Hospital and Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Kangaroo Island Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Loxton Hospital Complex	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Port Pirie Regional Health Service	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Renmark Paringa District Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.