Carpal tunnel surgery waiting times in South Australia
Public hospitals in South Australia ranked by their median wait for carpal tunnel surgery, published by the source as “Carpal tunnel release”.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
26 public hospitals in South Australia reported carpal tunnel surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 49 days; the national median was 71 days.
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9 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.
| 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.
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