Trigger finger release waiting time at Moruya Hospital
Half of patients at Moruya Hospital waited 101 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 Moruya 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
- 101 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 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 72 days in 2020–21 to 101 days in 2024–25 — up 40% — while the national median rose from 88 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 245 km away, at 87 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Trigger finger/thumb release" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moruya Hospital | 101 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.
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 236 km away: 101 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 240 km away: 284 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 244 km away: 174 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 245 km away: 87 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 248 km away: 206 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 248 km away: 140 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 249 km away: 347 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Moruya Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Moruya Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 89 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 97 | 62 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 117 | 72 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 141 | 77 |
| 2020–21 | 72 | 138 | 88 |
| 2021–22 | 78 | 144 | 96 |
| 2022–23 | 32 | 166 | 107 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 140 | 86 |
| 2024–25 | 101 | 157 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Moruya Hospital · Trigger finger release across Australia · Trigger finger release in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales