Testicle removal waiting time at Belmont Hospital
Half of patients at Belmont Hospital waited 17 days or less for testicle removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Orchidectomy". This public hospital is in the Valentine 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
- 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2023–24 to 17 days in 2024–25 — up 13% — while the national median rose from 10 days to 11 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Nepean Hospital, about 119 km away, at 6 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Orchidectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Hospital | 17 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 14 days | 1.2% | 171 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 8 days | 1.7% | 174 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 10 days | 0.0% | 206 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 11 days | 0.8% | 718 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 11 days marks the national median.
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 119 km away: 6 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 171 km away: 18 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 557 km away: 4 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 587 km away: 10 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 622 km away: 8 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 629 km away: 10 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 634 km away: 9 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 634 km away: 6 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Belmont Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Belmont Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 13 | 9 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 12 | 10 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 12 | 11 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 10 | 9 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 14 | 11 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 13 | 11 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 15 | 11 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 13 | 10 |
| 2024–25 | 17 | 14 | 11 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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