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title: "Trigger finger release waiting times in New South Wales"
description: "Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by median wait for Trigger finger release in 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/nsw/"
---

# Trigger finger release waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for trigger finger release in New South Wales public hospitals was **157 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **90 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Trigger finger/thumb release".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

60 public hospitals in New South Wales reported trigger finger release in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** 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.

40 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.

- [Grafton Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/grafton-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 33 days
- [Casino and District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casino-and-district-memorial-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 62 days
- [Armidale Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armidale-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 67 days
- [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 75 days
- [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 78 days
- [Sydney Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-childrens-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 87 days
- [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/trigger-finger-release/): 99 days
- [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 101 days
- [Moruya Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moruya-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 101 days
- [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/trigger-finger-release/): 140 days
- [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 174 days
- [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 206 days
- [Fairfield Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fairfield-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 284 days
- [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 323 days
- [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 331 days
- [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 341 days
- [Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-hospital-sydney-eye-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 347 days
- [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 356 days
- [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 369 days
- [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): 421 days
- [Ballina District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballina-district-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Bowral Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bowral-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Cooma Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cooma-hospital-and-health-service/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Corowa Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/corowa-health-service/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Cowra Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cowra-health-service/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Deniliquin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/deniliquin-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gloucester-soldiers-memorial-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Kempsey District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kempsey-district-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Lithgow Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lithgow-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Manning Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/manning-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Moree Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moree-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Queanbeyan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queanbeyan-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-institute-of-rheumatology-orthopaedics/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Shellharbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shellharbour-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Shoalhaven Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shoalhaven-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Wauchope District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published
- [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/trigger-finger-release/): not published

Trigger finger/thumb release in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Grafton Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/grafton-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 33 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| 2 | [Casino and District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casino-and-district-memorial-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 62 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| 3 | [Armidale Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armidale-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 67 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| 4 | [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 75 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| 5 | [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 78 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| 6 | [Sydney Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-childrens-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 87 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| 7 | [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/trigger-finger-release/) | 99 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| 8 | [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 101 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| 8 | [Moruya Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moruya-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 101 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| 10 | [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/trigger-finger-release/) | 140 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| 11 | [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 174 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| 12 | [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 206 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| 13 | [Fairfield Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fairfield-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 284 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| 14 | [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 323 days | not published | 29 surgeries |
| 15 | [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 331 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| 16 | [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 341 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| 17 | [Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-hospital-sydney-eye-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 347 days | not published | 39 surgeries |
| 18 | [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 356 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| 19 | [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 369 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| 20 | [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | 421 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| unranked | [Ballina District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballina-district-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Bowral Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bowral-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Cooma Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cooma-hospital-and-health-service/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Corowa Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/corowa-health-service/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Cowra Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cowra-health-service/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Deniliquin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/deniliquin-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gloucester-soldiers-memorial-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |
| unranked | [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries |
| unranked | [Kempsey District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kempsey-district-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Lithgow Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lithgow-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Manning Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/manning-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Moree Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moree-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |
| unranked | [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Queanbeyan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queanbeyan-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-institute-of-rheumatology-orthopaedics/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Shellharbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shellharbour-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Shoalhaven Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shoalhaven-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries |
| unranked | [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |
| unranked | [Wauchope District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |

Ranked by area in New South Wales: [near Liverpool](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/near/liverpool/).

**Cite this page**

> The median wait for trigger finger release in New South Wales public hospitals was 157 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Trigger finger release waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/nsw/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/nsw/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/), or see [every surgery reported in New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/).

## Before you use these figures

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Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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