Orchidopexy waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for orchidopexy at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 69 days in 2024–25.

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: 69 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 65 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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 61 days in 2016–17 to 69 days in 2024–25 — up 13% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 20 km away, at 55 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Orchidopexy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	69 days	0.0%	65 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.

Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 17 km away170 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away55 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away38 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 33 km away46 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 38 km away49 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 52 km away41 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 56 km away119 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 79 km away73 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Orchidopexy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	61	59	62
2017–18	49	55	61
2018–19	34	57	62
2019–20	72	68	76
2020–21	64	119	86
2021–22	144	138	91
2022–23	160	168	114
2023–24	112	110	84
2024–25	69	82	78

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

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