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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 ?
134 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
302 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
78 days
84 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
53 days
273 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
211 days
174 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
414 days
172 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
188 days
400 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
50 days
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
392 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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80 days

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
45 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
33 days
61 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
27 days
125 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
92 days
75 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
29 days
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
110 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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38 days

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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
44 days
38 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
78 days
83 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
134 days
114 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
53 days
387 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
61 days
411 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
414 days
172 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
104 days
493 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
155 days
---
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
212 days
---
Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
---
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Elaine Fung
Halifax
56 days
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
---
297 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
---
80 days
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
---
John D Stein
Halifax
---
---
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neil Clifton
Antigonish
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Philip L Curry
Sydney
---
174 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
---
65 days
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.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
13 days
21 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
13 days
23 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
14 days
27 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
19 days
31 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
33 days
61 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
160 days
117 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
27 days
332 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
34 days
---
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
59 days
---
Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
---
---
Elaine Fung
Halifax
21 days
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
---
125 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
---
38 days
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
---
John D Stein
Halifax
---
---
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neil Clifton
Antigonish
---
---
Philip L Curry
Sydney
---
112 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
---
51 days
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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 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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