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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 ?
348 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
552 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
121 days
310 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
223 days
432 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
324 days
515 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
415 days
696 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
728 days
451 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)
84 days
156 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
131 days
134 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
114 days
156 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
71 days
306 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
166 days
479 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 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Faith Dodd
Sydney
119 days
176 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
137 days
162 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
182 days
165 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
134 days
240 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
118 days
289 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
210 days
247 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
252 days
209 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
218 days
246 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
202 days
354 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
88 days
552 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
176 days
472 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
220 days
569 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
645 days
209 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
314 days
554 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
728 days
203 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
236 days
696 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
391 days
692 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
241 days
895 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
329 days
825 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
552 days
662 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
175 days
1055 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
435 days
946 days
David Wilson
Halifax
---
121 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
525 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
525 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
329 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
Faith Dodd
Sydney
69 days
63 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
118 days
51 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
46 days
130 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
120 days
75 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
98 days
107 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
56 days
160 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
71 days
147 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
98 days
132 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
72 days
163 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
166 days
98 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
94 days
175 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
119 days
186 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
133 days
174 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
148 days
225 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
90 days
338 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
95 days
396 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
84 days
413 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
87 days
430 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
224 days
429 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
104 days
611 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
165 days
599 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
294 days
499 days
David Wilson
Halifax
---
16 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
278 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
282 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
189 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 2021 - June 30 2022
Next Update: 
August 2022
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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