Orchidopexy waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
The median wait for orchidopexy at this public hospital in the Crawley area of Western Australia was 77 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
- 77 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 155 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.3%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 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 79 days in 2018–19 to 77 days in 2024–25 — down 3% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 26 km away, at 18 days. Here, 1.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 77 days | 1.3% | 155 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 1.4% | 212 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 4.1% | 1790 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
How the wait has changed
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 69 | 62 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 77 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 79 | 65 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 82 | 65 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 89 | 80 | 86 |
| 2021–22 | 96 | 88 | 91 |
| 2022–23 | 127 | 116 | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 108 | 85 | 84 |
| 2024–25 | 77 | 69 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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