Trapped nerve release (other nerves) waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]
Half of patients at St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] waited 60 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 Darlinghurst 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
- 60 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 171 days in 2022–23 to 60 days in 2024–25 — down 65% — while the national median fell from 121 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 4 km away, at 21 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] | 60 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 115 days | 13.2% | 552 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.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 4 km away: 21 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 5 km away: 91 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 64 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 13 km away: 260 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 262 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 23 km away: 60 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 94 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 49 km away: 301 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 92 | 83 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 99 | 90 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 87 | 77 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 81 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 126 | 114 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 106 | 92 |
| 2022–23 | 171 | 137 | 121 |
| 2023–24 | 102 | 112 | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 60 | 115 | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) across Australia · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales