Trigger finger release waiting time at Armidale Hospital
Half of patients at Armidale Hospital waited 67 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 Armidale area of New South Wales.
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
- 67 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 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 253 days in 2018–19 to 67 days in 2024–25 — down 74% — while the national median rose from 72 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Grafton Base Hospital, about 155 km away, at 33 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale Hospital | 67 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 157 days | 13.2% | 509 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.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 331 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 155 km away: 33 days
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 227 km away: 62 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 246 km away: 341 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 247 km away: 78 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Armidale Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Armidale Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 89 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 97 | 62 |
| 2018–19 | 253 | 117 | 72 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 141 | 77 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 138 | 88 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 144 | 96 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 166 | 107 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 140 | 86 |
| 2024–25 | 67 | 157 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Armidale Hospital · Trigger finger release across Australia · Trigger finger release in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales