Orchidopexy waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital
The median wait for orchidopexy at this public hospital in the South Brisbane area of Queensland was 74 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
- 74 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 70 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 57 days in 2016–17 to 74 days in 2024–25 — up 30% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tweed Valley Hospital, about 92 km away, at 54 days. Here, 0.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 74 days | 0.0% | 70 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 76 days | 4.9% | 597 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 99 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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Queensland Children's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Queensland Children's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 57 | not published | 62 |
| 2017–18 | 77 | not published | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | 61 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 71 | 71 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 71 | 72 | 86 |
| 2021–22 | 77 | 66 | 91 |
| 2022–23 | 80 | 69 | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 59 | not published | 84 |
| 2024–25 | 74 | not published | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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