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Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Colorectal Cancer Surgery is surgery for proven or suspected cancer including bowel resection or repair, colectomy, colostomy, ileostomy, perineal resection and removal of rectal tumours.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
74 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
54 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
24 days
25 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
38 days
11 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
57 days
41 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
58 days
54 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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55 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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26 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
8 days
8 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
14 days
17 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
18 days
23 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
38 days
36 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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17 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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22 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
September 1 - November 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Alison Archibald
Sydney
16 days
26 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
18 days
31 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
15 days
35 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
24 days
43 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
48 days
22 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
17 days
55 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
53 days
34 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
29 days
75 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
58 days
55 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
50 days
75 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
57 days
69 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
92 days
41 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
83 days
52 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
93 days
50 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
53 days
92 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
119 days
29 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
183 days
13 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
196 days
24 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
132 days
93 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
191 days
39 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
386 days
66 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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26 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
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Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
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Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John Booth
Truro
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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55 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
---
39 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
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54 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
8 days
6 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
6 days
17 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
6 days
17 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
13 days
10 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
6 days
23 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
14 days
17 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
16 days
17 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
20 days
19 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
9 days
31 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
7 days
36 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
26 days
19 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
12 days
35 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
15 days
34 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
28 days
26 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
30 days
25 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
52 days
12 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
40 days
24 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
59 days
8 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
22 days
52 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
49 days
36 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
33 days
58 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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21 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
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Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
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Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John Booth
Truro
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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19 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
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33 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
---
39 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
December 1 2019 - November 30 2020
Next Update: 
January 2021
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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