Undescended testicle surgery waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
Half of patients at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waited 170 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 North Melbourne area of Victoria.
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%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Orchidopexy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Hospital, VIC · about 12 km away: 38 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 15 km away: 55 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 69 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 23 km away: 46 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 24 km away: 49 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 43 km away: 119 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 45 km away: 41 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 65 km away: 73 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| 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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