Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Roma Hospital
The median wait for carpal tunnel surgery — published by the source as "Carpal tunnel release" — at this public hospital in the Roma area of Queensland was 349 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
- 349 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 158 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 167 days in 2016–17 to 349 days in 2024–25 — up 109% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Toowoomba Hospital, about 333 km away, at 152 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roma Hospital | 349 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 8.9% | 2847 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 4.2% | 2245 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 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
- Roma Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Roma Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 167 | 54 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 65 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 248 | 69 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 73 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 253 | 71 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 69 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 256 | 69 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 69 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 349 | 74 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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