Trapped nerve release (other nerves) waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Hobart Hospital waited 55 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 Hobart area of Tasmania.
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
- 55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 94 days in 2016–17 to 55 days in 2024–25 — down 41% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 594 km away, at 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 55 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 115 days | 13.2% | 552 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 17 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 44 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.
The Alfred, VIC · about 594 km away: 31 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 974 km away: 356 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 989 km away: 63 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
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Hobart Hospital (days) | TAS (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 94 | not published | 83 |
| 2017–18 | 105 | not published | 90 |
| 2018–19 | 58 | not published | 77 |
| 2019–20 | 166 | not published | 80 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 114 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 92 |
| 2022–23 | 12 | not published | 121 |
| 2023–24 | 167 | not published | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 55 | not published | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) across Australia · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania