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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 ?
125 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
289 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
78 days
110 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
125 days
84 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
49 days
211 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
241 days
174 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
303 days
172 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
188 days
493 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
50 days
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
392 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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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)
14 days
23 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
24 days
47 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
40 days
48 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
85 days
49 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
100 days
48 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
22 days
189 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
29 days
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
83 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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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 2017 - November 30 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
49 days
86 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
78 days
84 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
125 days
84 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
134 days
107 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
35 days
289 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
49 days
411 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
303 days
172 days
Richard L Balys
Bridgewater
104 days
493 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
155 days
---
Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
26 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
---
150 days
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
392 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neil Clifton
Antigonish
---
---
Philip L Curry
Sydney
---
174 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
---
---
Steven F Morris
Halifax
---
---

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
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
13 days
21 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
13 days
24 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
15 days
36 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
14 days
42 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
45 days
48 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
100 days
48 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
49 days
117 days
Richard L Balys
Bridgewater
22 days
330 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
42 days
---
Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
22 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
---
125 days
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
248 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neil Clifton
Antigonish
---
---
Philip L Curry
Sydney
---
114 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
---
---
Steven F Morris
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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Next Update: 
January 2019
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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