Trapped nerve release (other nerves) waiting time at Princess Alexandra Hospital
Half of patients at Princess Alexandra Hospital waited 89 days or less for trapped nerve release (other nerves) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Nerve decompression". This public hospital is in the Dutton Park area of Queensland.
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
- 89 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 17 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 56 days in 2019–20 to 89 days in 2024–25 — up 59% — while the national median rose from 80 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 725 km away, at 64 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Nerve decompression" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Alexandra Hospital | 89 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 115 days | 13.2% | 552 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 37 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 10.9% | 695 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 96 days marks the national median.
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 599 km away: 411 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 617 km away: 240 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 629 km away: 93 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 725 km away: 64 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 728 km away: 60 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 729 km away: 262 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 730 km away: 60 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 731 km away: 301 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Princess Alexandra Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 83 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 90 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 77 |
| 2019–20 | 56 | not published | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 42 | not published | 114 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 92 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 121 |
| 2023–24 | 89 | not published | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 89 | not published | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) across Australia · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) in Queensland · All surgery waits in Queensland