Trigger finger release waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Hospital waited 473 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 Sunshine North area of Victoria.
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
- 473 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 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 84 days in 2016–17 to 473 days in 2024–25 — up 463% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 12 km away, at 64 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 473 days | not published | 17 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 12 km away: 64 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 13 km away: 96 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 15 km away: 80 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 15 km away: 14 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 17 km away: 59 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 18 km away: 265 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 21 km away: 16 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 27 km away: 52 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sunshine Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 84 | 45 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | 81 | 38 | 62 |
| 2018–19 | 123 | 42 | 72 |
| 2019–20 | 85 | 56 | 77 |
| 2020–21 | 128 | 87 | 88 |
| 2021–22 | 51 | 109 | 96 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 107 | 107 |
| 2023–24 | 253 | 64 | 86 |
| 2024–25 | 473 | 58 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sunshine Hospital · Trigger finger release across Australia · Trigger finger release in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria