Surgery Waits

Trigger finger release waiting time at Casino and District Memorial Hospital

The median wait for trigger finger release — published by the source as "Trigger finger/thumb release" — at this public hospital in the Casino area of New South Wales was 62 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
62 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 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 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 44 days in 2016–17 to 62 days in 2024–25 — up 41% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Grafton Base Hospital, about 91 km away, at 33 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
Casino and District Memorial Hospital62 daysnot published19 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)157 days13.2%509 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)89 days6.6%424 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)90 days9.0%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for trigger finger/thumb release by financial year at Casino and District Memorial Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Casino and District Memorial Hospital 62NSW 157Australia 90
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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 periodCasino and District Memorial Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17448960
2017–18not published9762
2018–198311772
2019–207614177
2020–216813888
2021–223914496
2022–2356166107
2023–247814086
2024–256215790

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

All surgery at Casino and District Memorial Hospital · Trigger finger release across Australia · Trigger finger release in New South Wales