Trigger finger release waiting time at Nambour General Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for trigger finger release — published by the source as “Trigger finger/thumb release” — at this public hospital in the Nambour area of Queensland, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 96 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 49 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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 130 days in 2016–17 to 96 days in 2024–25 — down 26% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Prince Charles Hospital, about 86 km away, at 42 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Trigger finger/thumb release, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Nambour General Hospital	96 days	not published	49 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	89 days	6.6%	424 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	90 days	9.0%	1696 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.

Sunshine Coast University HospitalQLD · about 21 km away155 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 86 km away42 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 92 km away127 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 92 km away59 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 96 km away182 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 96 km away72 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 98 km away56 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 105 km away77 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Trigger finger/thumb release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Nambour General Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	130	55	60
2017–18	84	70	62
2018–19	113	77	72
2019–20	not published	79	77
2020–21	143	84	88
2021–22	126	70	96
2022–23	59	83	107
2023–24	96	79	86
2024–25	96	89	90

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

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