Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Mount Gambier area of South Australia was 28 days in 2024–25.

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

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

Median wait: 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 26 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 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 60 days in 2016–17 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 53% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 271 km away, at 23 days.

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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
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	28 days	not published	26 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	49 days	2.8%	808 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.

Naracoorte Health ServiceSA · about 93 km away56 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]VIC · about 161 km away65 days
South West Healthcare [Camperdown]VIC · about 211 km away39 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 271 km away23 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 316 km away44 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 316 km away14 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 321 km away66 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 327 km away30 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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

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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	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	60	33	56
2017–18	7	38	61
2018–19	2	36	62
2019–20	not published	45	70
2020–21	23	65	80
2021–22	10	69	82
2022–23	26	72	83
2023–24	18	57	72
2024–25	28	49	71

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

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