--- title: "Trapped nerve release (other nerves) waiting times in New South Wales" description: "Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by median wait for Trapped nerve release (other nerves) in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/nsw/" --- # Trapped nerve release (other nerves) waiting times in New South Wales The median wait for trapped nerve release (other nerves) in New South Wales public hospitals was **115 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **96 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Nerve decompression". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 41 public hospitals in New South Wales reported trapped nerve release (other nerves) in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** 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. 27 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked. Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 96 days marks the national median. - [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 21 days - [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/nerve-decompression/): 60 days - [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 60 days - [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 63 days - [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 64 days - [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 91 days - [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 93 days - [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 94 days - [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 240 days - [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/nerve-decompression/): 260 days - [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 262 days - [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 301 days - [Shellharbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shellharbour-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 356 days - [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/nerve-decompression/): 411 days - [Armidale Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armidale-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Bowral Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bowral-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Cessnock Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cessnock-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Grafton Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/grafton-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Manning Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/manning-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Queanbeyan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queanbeyan-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-institute-of-rheumatology-orthopaedics/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Shoalhaven Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shoalhaven-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-hospital-sydney-eye-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published - [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/nerve-decompression/): not published Nerve decompression in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 21 days | not published | 17 surgeries | | 2 | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/nerve-decompression/) | 60 days | not published | 19 surgeries | | 2 | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 60 days | 1.4% | 71 surgeries | | 4 | [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 63 days | not published | 48 surgeries | | 5 | [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 64 days | not published | 11 surgeries | | 6 | [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 91 days | not published | 44 surgeries | | 7 | [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 93 days | not published | 10 surgeries | | 8 | [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 94 days | not published | 44 surgeries | | 9 | [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 240 days | not published | 25 surgeries | | 10 | [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/nerve-decompression/) | 260 days | not published | 36 surgeries | | 11 | [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 262 days | 0.0% | 58 surgeries | | 12 | [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 301 days | not published | 49 surgeries | | 13 | [Shellharbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shellharbour-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 356 days | not published | 23 surgeries | | 14 | [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | 411 days | not published | 17 surgeries | | unranked | [Armidale Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armidale-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Bowral Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bowral-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Cessnock Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cessnock-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Grafton Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/grafton-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [Manning Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/manning-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Queanbeyan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queanbeyan-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-institute-of-rheumatology-orthopaedics/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Shoalhaven Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shoalhaven-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-hospital-sydney-eye-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/nerve-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in New South Wales: [near Camperdown](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/near/camperdown/) · [near Randwick](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/near/randwick/) · [near Wollongong](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/near/wollongong/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for trapped nerve release (other nerves) in New South Wales public hospitals was 115 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Trapped nerve release (other nerves) in NSW", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/nsw/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/nsw/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/), or see [every surgery reported in New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. 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