Nerve decompression of spinal cord at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Royal Adelaide Hospital is a public hospital in the Adelaide area, South Australia. This page shows its waiting times for Nerve decompression of spinal cord in 2024–25, beside the figures for South Australia and for Australia.
Figures for this hospital
Each tile shows one figure for Nerve decompression of spinal cord at Royal Adelaide Hospital.
A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.
- Median wait, Royal Adelaide Hospital
- 179 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank3rd of 3 nationally
Change on the year before+94 days
- Waiting more than 365 days, Royal Adelaide Hospital
- 4.9%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank1st of 1 nationally
- Patients treated, Royal Adelaide Hospital
- 81 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Compared with the state and Australia
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| Who the figures cover | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 179 days | 4.9% | 81 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 81 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 5.2% | 115 surgeries |
Shorter waits nearby
Royal Adelaide Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Nerve decompression of spinal cord in 2024–25.
How this hospital's wait has changed
The median wait for Nerve decompression of spinal cord at Royal Adelaide Hospital has risen from 127 days in 2020–21 to 179 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2020–21, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.
How the wait has changed
Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
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| Financial year | Royal Adelaide Hospital |
|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 127 days |
| 2021–22 | 168 days |
| 2022–23 | 90 days |
| 2023–24 | 85 days |
| 2024–25 | 179 days |
- South Australia
- No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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| Financial year | South Australia |
|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2017–18 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2020–21 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2021–22 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2022–23 | 90 days |
| 2023–24 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2024–25 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
- Australia
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| Financial year | Australia |
|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 36 days |
| 2017–18 | 57 days |
| 2018–19 | 43 days |
| 2019–20 | 44 days |
| 2020–21 | 79 days |
| 2021–22 | 56 days |
| 2022–23 | 91 days |
| 2023–24 | 84 days |
| 2024–25 | 105 days |
More on this page's subjects
All planned surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Nerve decompression of spinal cord at every public hospital in Australia
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
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Where this data comes from
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/