Surgery Waits

Orchidopexy waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital

The median wait for orchidopexy at this public hospital in the St Leonards area of New South Wales was 36 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
36 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 65 days in 2016–17 to 36 days in 2024–25 — down 45% — 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 8 km away, at 7 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
Royal North Shore Hospital36 daysnot published17 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 Royal North Shore Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal North Shore Hospital 36NSW 76Australia 78
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Median wait in days for Orchidopexy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal North Shore Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17657362
2017–18346661
2018–19276462
2019–20428276
2020–21not published8186
2021–22398991
2022–23not published106114
2023–24227584
2024–25367678

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

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