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Head and Neck Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery of the head and neck.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
123 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
233 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
36 days
152 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
64 days
183 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
68 days
179 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
195 days
294 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
400 days
292 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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233 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
155 days
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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
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
18 days
24 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
22 days
54 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
30 days
56 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
70 days
34 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
39 days
192 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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148 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
87 days
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
63 days
90 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
50 days
114 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
46 days
152 days
Robert D Hart
Halifax
69 days
155 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
69 days
487 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
330 days
273 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
400 days
337 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
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Catherine Christine Maltby
Kentville
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Dawn MacLellan
Halifax
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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33 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
155 days
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James Ruddy
Kentville
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
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284 days
John D Stein
Halifax
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
---
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Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
54 days
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Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
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316 days
Simon Frank
Halifax
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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
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
21 days
19 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
14 days
27 days
Robert D Hart
Halifax
20 days
21 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
17 days
29 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
24 days
51 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
204 days
62 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
191 days
209 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
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Catherine Christine Maltby
Kentville
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Dawn MacLellan
Halifax
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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19 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
87 days
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James Ruddy
Kentville
---
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
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215 days
John D Stein
Halifax
---
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
---
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
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Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
---
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Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
23 days
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Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
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87 days
Simon Frank
Halifax
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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