Nerve decompression waiting times in New South Wales
Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for nerve decompression.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
41 public hospitals in New South Wales reported nerve decompression in 2024–25. The state median was 115 days; the national median was 96 days.
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27 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 21 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| 2 | St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] | 60 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| 2 | Westmead Hospital | 60 days | 1.4% | 71 surgeries |
| 4 | Wollongong Hospital | 63 days | not published | 48 surgeries |
| 5 | Royal North Shore Hospital | 64 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| 6 | Prince of Wales Hospital | 91 days | not published | 44 surgeries |
| 7 | Belmont Hospital | 93 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| 8 | Liverpool Hospital | 94 days | not published | 44 surgeries |
| 9 | John Hunter Hospital | 240 days | not published | 25 surgeries |
| 10 | St George Hospital NSW | 260 days | not published | 36 surgeries |
| 11 | Concord Repatriation Hospital | 262 days | 0.0% | 58 surgeries |
| 12 | Nepean Hospital | 301 days | not published | 49 surgeries |
| 13 | Shellharbour Hospital | 356 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| 14 | Maitland Hospital | 411 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| unranked | Armidale Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Bathurst Base Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Bowral Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Broken Hill Hospital | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Campbelltown Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Canterbury Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Cessnock Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Coffs Harbour Hospital | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Dubbo Hospital | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | Goulburn Base Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Grafton Base Hospital | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Griffith Base Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Hawkesbury Hospital | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | Manning Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Mount Druitt Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Port Macquarie Base Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Queanbeyan Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Ryde Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Shoalhaven Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | South East Regional Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Tamworth Hospital | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | Tweed Valley Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Wagga Wagga Hospital | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Wyong Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
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. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.