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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 ?
224 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
417 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
115 days
218 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
123 days
280 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
225 days
410 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
196 days
488 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
300 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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
64 days
73 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
79 days
104 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
65 days
170 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
156 days
179 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
85 days
300 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: 
January 1 - March 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
75 days
56 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
50 days
123 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
80 days
97 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
104 days
105 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
143 days
109 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
107 days
162 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
225 days
223 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
216 days
239 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
254 days
238 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
237 days
261 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
188 days
328 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
271 days
253 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
146 days
407 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
384 days
187 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
179 days
505 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
408 days
396 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
421 days
427 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
275 days
577 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
53 days
808 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
371 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
363 days
616 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
724 days
393 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
504 days
638 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
244 days
970 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
80 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
29 days
41 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
45 days
55 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
46 days
55 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
42 days
63 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
28 days
86 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
63 days
64 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
85 days
87 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
106 days
76 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
128 days
101 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
95 days
154 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
67 days
190 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
133 days
131 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
141 days
148 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
42 days
266 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
109 days
221 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
34 days
322 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
181 days
183 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
58 days
327 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
69 days
331 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
207 days
259 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
278 days
196 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
195 days
322 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
136 days
451 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
138 days
609 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
34 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
229 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 2018 - March 31 2019
Next Update: 
May 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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