Surgery Waits

Nerve decompression of spinal cord waiting times in Victoria

Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by their median wait for nerve decompression of spinal cord.

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

4 public hospitals in Victoria reported nerve decompression of spinal cord in 2024–25. The state median was not published; the national median was 105 days.

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2 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 105 days marks the national median.

Nerve decompression of spinal cord in Victoria 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 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 33 days not published 16 surgeries
2 The Alfred 48 days not published 16 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published not published
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 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 Victoria.