Trigger finger release waiting time at Sunshine Coast University 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 Birtinya 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: 155 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 28 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 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 79 days in 2017–18 to 155 days in 2024–25 — up 96% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Nambour General Hospital, about 21 km away, at 96 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
Sunshine Coast University Hospital	155 days	not published	28 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.

Nambour General HospitalQLD · about 21 km away96 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 72 km away42 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 78 km away127 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 79 km away59 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 82 km away182 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 83 km away72 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 84 km away56 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 89 km away42 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	Sunshine Coast University Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	55	60
2017–18	79	70	62
2018–19	not published	77	72
2019–20	123	79	77
2020–21	not published	84	88
2021–22	not published	70	96
2022–23	142	83	107
2023–24	106	79	86
2024–25	155	89	90

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

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