Trapped nerve release (other nerves) waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for trapped nerve release (other nerves) in Australian public hospitals was 96 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 21 days at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital to 411 days at Maitland Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Nerve decompression".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for trapped nerve release (other nerves) in public hospitals was 96 days in 2024–25, from 695 surgeries. 10.9% of people waited more than 365 days. 17 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 96 days marks the national median.
New South Wales: 115 days
Queensland: not published
South Australia: not published
Tasmania: not published
Victoria: not published
Western Australia: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New South Wales | 115 days | 13.2% | 552 surgeries |
| unranked | Queensland | not published | not published | 37 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Tasmania | not published | not published | 17 surgeries |
| unranked | Victoria | not published | not published | 44 surgeries |
| unranked | Western Australia | not published | not published | 40 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Camperdown · near Randwick · near Wollongong.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- NSW
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| Reference period | Australia (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 83 | 92 |
| 2017–18 | 90 | 99 |
| 2018–19 | 77 | 87 |
| 2019–20 | 80 | 81 |
| 2020–21 | 114 | 126 |
| 2021–22 | 92 | 106 |
| 2022–23 | 121 | 137 |
| 2023–24 | 103 | 112 |
| 2024–25 | 96 | 115 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for trapped nerve release (other nerves) in a public hospital?
The national median was 96 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for trapped nerve release (other nerves)?
Of the 17 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital reported the shortest median, 21 days, and Maitland Hospital the longest, 411 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
10.9% of people who had trapped nerve release (other nerves) in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for trapped nerve release (other nerves) in Australian public hospitals was 96 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Trapped nerve release (other nerves) waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/nerve-decompression.svg" width="720" height="182" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Trapped nerve release (other nerves) by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.