Trigger finger release waiting time at Mackay Base Hospital

The median wait for trigger finger release — published by the source as "Trigger finger/thumb release" — at this public hospital in the West Mackay area of Queensland was 76 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: 76 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 18 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 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 48 days in 2016–17 to 76 days in 2024–25 — up 58% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bundaberg Base Hospital, about 527 km away, at 58 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
Mackay Base Hospital	76 days	not published	18 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.

Townsville University HospitalQLD · about 322 km away94 days
Bundaberg Base HospitalQLD · about 527 km away58 days
Cairns HospitalQLD · about 590 km away114 days
Nambour General HospitalQLD · about 721 km away96 days
Sunshine Coast University HospitalQLD · about 741 km away155 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 797 km away42 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 803 km away127 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 803 km away59 days

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

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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	Mackay Base Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	48	55	60
2017–18	82	70	62
2018–19	not published	77	72
2019–20	73	79	77
2020–21	99	84	88
2021–22	96	70	96
2022–23	97	83	107
2023–24	97	79	86
2024–25	76	89	90

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

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