Surgery Waits

Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Griffith Base Hospital

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Griffith area of New South Wales was 49 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 49 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Deniliquin Hospital, about 170 km away, at 1 day.

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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
Griffith Base Hospital49 daysnot published19 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)96 days8.9%2847 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)53 days3.5%2456 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)71 days5.2%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for carpal tunnel release by financial year at Griffith Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Griffith Base Hospital 49NSW 96Australia 71
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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 periodGriffith Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17457856
2017–18817861
2018–19638562
2019–20529170
2020–21439180
2021–22579982
2022–235110483
2023–24458772
2024–25499671

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

All surgery at Griffith Base Hospital · Carpal tunnel surgery across Australia · Carpal tunnel surgery in New South Wales