Surgery Waits

Nerve decompression waiting time at Princess Alexandra Hospital

The median wait for nerve decompression at this public hospital in the Dutton Park area of Queensland was 89 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
89 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
10 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 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 56 days in 2019–20 to 89 days in 2024–25 — up 59% — while the national median rose from 80 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 725 km away, at 64 days.

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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Nerve decompression, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Princess Alexandra Hospital89 daysnot published10 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)115 days13.2%552 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)not publishednot published37 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 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for nerve decompression by financial year at Princess Alexandra Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Princess Alexandra Hospital 89Australia 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 periodPrincess Alexandra Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published83
2017–18not publishednot published90
2018–19not publishednot published77
2019–2056not published80
2020–2142not published114
2021–22not publishednot published92
2022–23not publishednot published121
2023–2489not published103
2024–2589not published96

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

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