Nerve decompression of spinal cord waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
The median wait for nerve decompression of spinal cord at this public hospital in the Springvale area of Victoria was 33 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
- 33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 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 3 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 33 days | not published | 16 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
- Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 36 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 57 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 43 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 44 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 79 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 56 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 91 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 84 |
| 2024–25 | 33 | not published | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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