Trigger finger/thumb release waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Trigger finger/thumb release at this public hospital, 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: 16 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 29 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 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

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
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	16 days	not published	29 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	58 days	7.2%	388 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.

Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 17 km away64 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away96 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away80 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away14 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away52 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away473 days
The AlfredVIC · about 22 km away59 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 33 km away101 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	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	40	45	60
2017–18	29	38	62
2018–19	63	42	72
2019–20	69	56	77
2020–21	not published	87	88
2021–22	245	109	96
2022–23	38	107	107
2023–24	31	64	86
2024–25	16	58	90

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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