Trigger finger release waiting time at Townsville University Hospital
The median wait for trigger finger release — published by the source as "Trigger finger/thumb release" — at this public hospital in the Douglas area of Queensland was 94 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
- 94 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 70 days in 2016–17 to 94 days in 2024–25 — up 34% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mackay Base Hospital, about 322 km away, at 76 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville University Hospital | 94 days | not published | 11 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Townsville University Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Townsville University Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 70 | 55 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | 77 | 70 | 62 |
| 2018–19 | 80 | 77 | 72 |
| 2019–20 | 85 | 79 | 77 |
| 2020–21 | 104 | 84 | 88 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 70 | 96 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 83 | 107 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 79 | 86 |
| 2024–25 | 94 | 89 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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