Nerve decompression of spinal cord waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
The median wait for nerve decompression of spinal cord at this public hospital in the Adelaide area of South Australia was 179 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
- 179 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 81 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 4.9%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 3 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 127 days in 2020–21 to 179 days in 2024–25 — up 41% — while the national median rose from 79 days to 105 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 658 km away, at 48 days. Here, 4.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 179 days | 4.9% | 81 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 81 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 34 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 5.2% | 115 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 36 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 57 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 43 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 127 | not published | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 168 | not published | 56 |
| 2022–23 | 90 | 90 | 91 |
| 2023–24 | 85 | not published | 84 |
| 2024–25 | 179 | not published | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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