Surgery Waits

Nerve decompression waiting time at Concord Repatriation Hospital

The median wait for nerve decompression at this public hospital in the Concord West area of New South Wales was 262 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
262 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
58 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 99 days in 2016–17 to 262 days in 2024–25 — up 165% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 9 km away, at 64 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 10.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Nerve decompression, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Concord Repatriation Hospital262 days0.0%58 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)115 days13.2%552 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)96 days10.9%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for nerve decompression by financial year at Concord Repatriation Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Concord Repatriation Hospital 262NSW 115Australia 96
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Nerve decompression, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodConcord Repatriation Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17999283
2017–18839990
2018–19998777
2019–20878180
2020–21235126114
2021–2213810692
2022–23233137121
2023–24157112103
2024–2526211596

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Concord Repatriation Hospital · Nerve decompression across Australia · Nerve decompression in New South Wales