Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Hawkesbury Hospital
The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Windsor area of New South Wales was 66 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
- 66 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.9%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 75 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 58 days in 2016–17 to 66 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkesbury Hospital | 66 days | 1.9% | 52 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 8.9% | 2847 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.2% | 9994 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hawkesbury Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hawkesbury Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 58 | 78 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 50 | 78 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 36 | 85 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 34 | 91 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 66 | 91 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 72 | 99 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 215 | 104 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 120 | 87 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 66 | 96 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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