Undescended testicle surgery waiting time at Nepean Hospital
Half of patients at Nepean Hospital waited 33 days or less for undescended testicle surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Orchidopexy". This public hospital is in the Cambridge Park 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
- 33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 36 days in 2016–17 to 33 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 46 km away, at 7 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepean Hospital | 33 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 76 days | 4.9% | 597 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.
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 26 km away: 78 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 90 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 123 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 45 km away: 36 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 45 km away: 81 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 46 km away: 7 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 7 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 79 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Nepean Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Nepean Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 36 | 73 | 62 |
| 2017–18 | 67 | 66 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 51 | 64 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 70 | 82 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 67 | 81 | 86 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 89 | 91 |
| 2022–23 | 83 | 106 | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 55 | 75 | 84 |
| 2024–25 | 33 | 76 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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