Trigger finger release waiting time at Queensland Children's 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 South Brisbane 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: 182 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 31 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 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 70 days in 2016–17 to 182 days in 2024–25 — up 160% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 0 km away, at 72 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
Queensland Children's Hospital	182 days	not published	31 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.

Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 0 km away72 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 2 km away56 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 4 km away59 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 4 km away127 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 9 km away77 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 10 km away42 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 23 km away42 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 24 km away91 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	Queensland Children's Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	70	55	60
2017–18	84	70	62
2018–19	115	77	72
2019–20	56	79	77
2020–21	315	84	88
2021–22	not published	70	96
2022–23	167	83	107
2023–24	103	79	86
2024–25	182	89	90

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

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