Trigger finger release waiting time at Bundaberg Base Hospital
Half of patients at Bundaberg Base Hospital waited 58 days or less for trigger finger release in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Trigger finger/thumb release". This public hospital is in the Bundaberg West area of Queensland.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 58 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 27 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 13 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 58 days in 2024–25 — up 35% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Prince Charles Hospital, about 289 km away, at 42 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bundaberg Base Hospital | 58 days | not published | 27 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 Hospital, QLD · about 204 km away: 96 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 223 km away: 155 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 289 km away: 42 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 295 km away: 127 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 295 km away: 59 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 299 km away: 182 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 299 km away: 72 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 301 km away: 56 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bundaberg Base Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bundaberg Base Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 43 | 55 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | 46 | 70 | 62 |
| 2018–19 | 78 | 77 | 72 |
| 2019–20 | 86 | 79 | 77 |
| 2020–21 | 64 | 84 | 88 |
| 2021–22 | 45 | 70 | 96 |
| 2022–23 | 52 | 83 | 107 |
| 2023–24 | 56 | 79 | 86 |
| 2024–25 | 58 | 89 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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