Surgery Waits

Trigger finger release waiting time at Mater Adult Hospital

The median wait for trigger finger release — published by the source as "Trigger finger/thumb release" — at this public hospital in the Dutton Park area of Queensland was 72 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
72 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 61 days in 2016–17 to 72 days in 2024–25 — up 18% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 2 km away, at 56 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
Mater Adult Hospital72 daysnot published17 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)89 days6.6%424 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)90 days9.0%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for trigger finger/thumb release by financial year at Mater Adult Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Mater Adult Hospital 72QLD 89Australia 90
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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 periodMater Adult Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17615560
2017–18747062
2018–19857772
2019–20737977
2020–21588488
2021–22not published7096
2022–2310083107
2023–24797986
2024–25728990

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

All surgery at Mater Adult Hospital · Trigger finger release across Australia · Trigger finger release in Queensland