Trigger finger release waiting time at Royal Brisbane & Women'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 Herston 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: 127 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 18 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 46 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 43 days in 2016–17 to 127 days in 2024–25 — up 195% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, about 0 km away, at 59 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
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital	127 days	not published	18 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.

Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 0 km away59 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 4 km away182 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 4 km away72 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 6 km away56 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 6 km away42 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 13 km away77 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 24 km away42 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 27 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	Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	43	55	60
2017–18	48	70	62
2018–19	39	77	72
2019–20	62	79	77
2020–21	56	84	88
2021–22	34	70	96
2022–23	61	83	107
2023–24	88	79	86
2024–25	127	89	90

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

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