Trigger finger release waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
The median wait for trigger finger release — published by the source as "Trigger finger/thumb release" — at this public hospital in the North Adelaide area of South Australia was 113 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
- 113 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 22 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 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 2 km away, at 47 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 113 days | not published | 22 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 4.6% | 153 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 9.0% | 1696 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Women's and Children's Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Women's and Children's Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 40 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 32 | 62 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 31 | 72 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 38 | 77 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 62 | 88 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 102 | 96 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 70 | 107 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 64 | 86 |
| 2024–25 | 113 | 81 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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