Trigger finger release waiting time at Gold Coast University Hospital
Half of patients at Gold Coast University Hospital waited 104 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 Parkwood 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
- 104 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 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 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 62 days in 2016–17 to 104 days in 2024–25 — up 68% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Robina Hospital, about 13 km away, at 91 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast University Hospital | 104 days | not published | 16 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.
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 13 km away: 91 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 40 km away: 91 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 48 km away: 42 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 55 km away: 77 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 61 km away: 56 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 63 km away: 72 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 63 km away: 182 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 67 km away: 59 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gold Coast University Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gold Coast University Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 62 | 55 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | 81 | 70 | 62 |
| 2018–19 | 83 | 77 | 72 |
| 2019–20 | 86 | 79 | 77 |
| 2020–21 | 77 | 84 | 88 |
| 2021–22 | 68 | 70 | 96 |
| 2022–23 | 93 | 83 | 107 |
| 2023–24 | 142 | 79 | 86 |
| 2024–25 | 104 | 89 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Gold Coast University Hospital · Trigger finger release across Australia · Trigger finger release in Queensland · All surgery waits in Queensland