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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 ?
252 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
510 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
165 days
206 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
288 days
290 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
195 days
523 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
250 days
520 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
259 days
568 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
80 days
71 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
70 days
86 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
72 days
191 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
112 days
216 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
80 days
266 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: 
September 1 - November 30 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
41 days
49 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
59 days
106 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
112 days
64 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
112 days
85 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
114 days
216 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
168 days
210 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
195 days
232 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
146 days
322 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
238 days
239 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
422 days
56 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
247 days
238 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
200 days
286 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
335 days
339 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
308 days
402 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
253 days
504 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
211 days
586 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
402 days
431 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
212 days
635 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
744 days
169 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
378 days
562 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
574 days
405 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
53 days
933 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
514 days
672 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
262 days
1134 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
128 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
623 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
15 days
46 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
33 days
47 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
50 days
37 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
32 days
66 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
71 days
43 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
82 days
71 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
76 days
110 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
124 days
111 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
119 days
135 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
60 days
212 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
178 days
98 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
150 days
134 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
33 days
258 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
191 days
120 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
103 days
214 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
158 days
196 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
65 days
321 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
38 days
394 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
198 days
327 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
92 days
450 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
370 days
207 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
271 days
315 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
111 days
482 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
151 days
676 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
52 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
254 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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Next Update: 
January 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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