Dupytren's contracture release waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Dupytren's contracture release, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Dupytren's contracture release in public hospitals was 150 days in 2024–25, from 1777 surgeries. 17.9% of people waited more than 365 days. 63 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.

Victoria88 days
Western Australia125 days
Queensland139 days
New South Wales329 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published
South Australianot published

Dupytren's contracture release in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	88 days	11.6%	492 surgeries
2	Western Australia	125 days	16.5%	267 surgeries
3	Queensland	139 days	13.8%	318 surgeries
4	New South Wales	329 days	27.7%	589 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	13 surgeries
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	95 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
QLD

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Dupytren's contracture release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	QLD (days)
2016–17	99	71	98	83
2017–18	95	60	98	104
2018–19	105	56	140	98
2019–20	128	71	146	134
2020–21	190	115	139	175
2021–22	198	197	154	154
2022–23	202	184	167	125
2023–24	169	110	125	158
2024–25	150	88	125	139

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.