Trapped nerve release (other nerves) waiting time at The Alfred
Half of patients at The Alfred waited 31 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 South Yarra area of Victoria.
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
- 31 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 17 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 55 days in 2018–19 to 31 days in 2024–25 — down 44% — while the national median rose from 77 days to 96 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Alfred | 31 days | not published | 14 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.
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 594 km away: 55 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 640 km away: 356 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 652 km away: 63 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 688 km away: 301 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 691 km away: 94 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 702 km away: 260 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 703 km away: 60 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 708 km away: 262 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
- The Alfred
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Alfred (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 83 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 90 |
| 2018–19 | 55 | not published | 77 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 33 | not published | 114 |
| 2021–22 | 32 | not published | 92 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 121 |
| 2023–24 | 50 | not published | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 31 | not published | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Alfred · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) across Australia · Trapped nerve release (other nerves) in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria