Surgery Waits

Trapped nerve release (other nerves) waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

Half of patients at St George Hospital NSW waited 260 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 Kogarah area of New South Wales.

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
260 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
36 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 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 114 days in 2016–17 to 260 days in 2024–25 — up 128% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 10 km away, at 21 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Nerve decompression, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
St George Hospital NSW260 daysnot published36 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)115 days13.2%552 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)96 days10.9%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for nerve decompression by financial year at St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St George Hospital NSW 260NSW 115Australia 96
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Nerve decompression, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–171149283
2017–181349990
2018–19678777
2019–201458180
2020–21102126114
2021–2223110692
2022–23133137121
2023–24117112103
2024–2526011596

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

All surgery at St George Hospital NSW · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) across Australia · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales