Trigger finger release waiting time at Princess Alexandra 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 56 days in 2024–25.

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: 56 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 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 52 days in 2016–17 to 56 days in 2024–25 — up 8% — 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 12 km away, at 42 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
Princess Alexandra Hospital	56 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.

Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 2 km away72 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 2 km away182 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 6 km away59 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 6 km away127 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 7 km away77 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 12 km away42 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 22 km away91 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 22 km away42 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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 period	Princess Alexandra Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	52	55	60
2017–18	72	70	62
2018–19	35	77	72
2019–20	95	79	77
2020–21	48	84	88
2021–22	57	70	96
2022–23	80	83	107
2023–24	85	79	86
2024–25	56	89	90

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

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