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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 ?
213 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
467 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
146 days
166 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
160 days
211 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
142 days
481 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
257 days
552 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
363 days
488 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
59 days
67 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
42 days
90 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
34 days
134 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
72 days
168 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
70 days
310 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: 
November 1 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
45 days
49 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
51 days
123 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
112 days
88 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
112 days
97 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
154 days
82 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
118 days
166 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
181 days
219 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
195 days
243 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
216 days
229 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
260 days
195 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
188 days
286 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
247 days
235 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
143 days
379 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
179 days
504 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
308 days
402 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
212 days
577 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
378 days
526 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
363 days
565 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
53 days
899 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
549 days
406 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
652 days
405 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
514 days
672 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
244 days
997 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
128 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
687 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
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
21 days
41 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
28 days
51 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
33 days
54 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
46 days
45 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
33 days
83 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
71 days
66 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
86 days
89 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
82 days
129 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
126 days
117 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
139 days
120 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
152 days
134 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
72 days
218 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
29 days
261 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
99 days
234 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
167 days
191 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
56 days
336 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
42 days
366 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
75 days
374 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
288 days
186 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
234 days
313 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
238 days
313 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
136 days
471 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
126 days
639 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
52 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
265 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
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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