Surgery Waits

Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital

The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Robertson area of Queensland was 63 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
63 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
111 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 177 days in 2016–17 to 63 days in 2024–25 — down 64% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 7 km away, at 60 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.

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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
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital63 days0.0%111 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)74 days4.2%2245 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for carpal tunnel release by financial year at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 63QLD 74Australia 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 periodQueen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–171775456
2017–181246561
2018–19986962
2019–201477370
2020–212077180
2021–222166982
2022–23556983
2023–24486972
2024–25637471

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

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