Surgery Waits

Orchidopexy waiting time at John Hunter Hospital

The median wait for orchidopexy at this public hospital in the Rankin Park area of New South Wales was 90 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
90 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
59 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
13.6%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 27 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 90 days in 2024–25 — up 105% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northern Beaches Hospital, about 101 km away, at 7 days. Here, 13.6% 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
John Hunter Hospital90 days13.6%59 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)76 days4.9%597 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 John Hunter Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25John Hunter Hospital 90NSW 76Australia 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 periodJohn Hunter Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17447362
2017–18866661
2018–191196462
2019–201188276
2020–211708186
2021–221068991
2022–23122106114
2023–24787584
2024–25907678

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

All surgery at John Hunter Hospital · Orchidopexy across Australia · Orchidopexy in New South Wales