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Hip Replacement

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgery replaces the hip joint with an artificial joint. The wait time shown is for patients who had their first hip replacement.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
423 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
761 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
371 days
267 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
350 days
713 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
669 days
413 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
420 days
835 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
359 days
939 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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
140 days
104 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
85 days
177 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
132 days
183 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
97 days
344 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
247 days
406 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
151 days
119 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
140 days
180 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
159 days
285 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
192 days
306 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
204 days
323 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
128 days
481 days
Faith Dodd
Inverness
371 days
267 days
John D Amirault
Halifax
277 days
469 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
379 days
526 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
436 days
472 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
317 days
600 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
149 days
776 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
627 days
383 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
319 days
743 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
240 days
940 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
97 days
1086 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
821 days
368 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
1011 days
197 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
373 days
904 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
731 days
699 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
1320 days
517 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
605 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
101 days
69 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
67 days
133 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
34 days
168 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
98 days
105 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
69 days
137 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
95 days
118 days
Faith Dodd
Inverness
141 days
88 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
75 days
171 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
69 days
275 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
152 days
255 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
210 days
219 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
149 days
293 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
154 days
318 days
John D Amirault
Halifax
219 days
258 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
392 days
114 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
423 days
106 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
165 days
464 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
175 days
484 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
66 days
596 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
52 days
690 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
241 days
731 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
546 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: 
July 1 2016 - June 30 2017
Next Update: 
August 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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