Surgery Waits

Orchidopexy waiting time at Werribee Mercy Hospital

The median wait for orchidopexy at this public hospital in the Hoppers Crossing area of Victoria was 49 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
49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
14 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 35 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 63 days in 2023–24 to 49 days in 2024–25 — down 22% — while the national median fell from 84 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sunshine Hospital, about 18 km away, at 38 days.

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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
Werribee Mercy Hospital49 daysnot published14 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)82 days4.3%679 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)78 days4.1%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for orchidopexy by financial year at Werribee Mercy Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Werribee Mercy Hospital 49VIC 82Australia 78
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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 periodWerribee Mercy Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period5962
2017–18not published5561
2018–19not published5762
2019–20not reported for this period6876
2020–21not reported for this period11986
2021–22not reported for this period13891
2022–23not published168114
2023–246311084
2024–25498278

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

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