Orchidopexy waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]

The median wait for orchidopexy at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 170 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: 170 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 269 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 10.8%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 35 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 34 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 63 days in 2016–17 to 170 days in 2024–25 — up 170% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sunshine Hospital, about 12 km away, at 38 days. Here, 10.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Orchidopexy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	170 days	10.8%	269 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	82 days	4.3%	679 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	4.1%	1790 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 12 km away38 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 15 km away55 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away69 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 23 km away46 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 24 km away49 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 43 km away119 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 45 km away41 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 65 km away73 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Orchidopexy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	63	59	62
2017–18	62	55	61
2018–19	73	57	62
2019–20	63	68	76
2020–21	156	119	86
2021–22	203	138	91
2022–23	275	168	114
2023–24	174	110	84
2024–25	170	82	78

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

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