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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 ?
155 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
211 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
66 days
84 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
55 days
224 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
212 days
143 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
351 days
173 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
147 days
387 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
155 days
400 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional 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
27 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
13 days
66 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
28 days
60 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
42 days
64 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
39 days
78 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
59 days
75 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional 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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
44 days
39 days
Martin Corsten
Halifax
33 days
51 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
66 days
83 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
36 days
139 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
113 days
143 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
53 days
273 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
229 days
125 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
212 days
148 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
95 days
373 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
351 days
174 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
188 days
493 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
155 days
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Elaine Fung
Halifax
247 days
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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44 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
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Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
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Jasmijn Herruer
Halifax
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
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Michael Bezuhly
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
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
12 days
22 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
14 days
27 days
Martin Corsten
Halifax
12 days
30 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
14 days
30 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
21 days
34 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
28 days
58 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
13 days
80 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
43 days
82 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
211 days
52 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
140 days
165 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
51 days
323 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
34 days
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Elaine Fung
Halifax
33 days
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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22 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
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Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
---
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Jasmijn Herruer
Halifax
---
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
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Michael Bezuhly
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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 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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