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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 ?
140 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
489 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
142 days
183 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
77 days
331 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
140 days
394 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
309 days
270 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
126 days
598 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
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
53 days
93 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
65 days
88 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
71 days
160 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
40 days
198 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
79 days
336 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 - September 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
97 days
77 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
80 days
97 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
87 days
161 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
88 days
176 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
95 days
170 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
121 days
158 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
35 days
267 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
280 days
154 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
181 days
266 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
140 days
353 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
235 days
259 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
256 days
256 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
160 days
368 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
91 days
519 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
119 days
623 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
164 days
599 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
408 days
382 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
404 days
405 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
89 days
723 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
470 days
386 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
331 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
368 days
531 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
916 days
489 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
244 days
1196 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
80 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
517 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
35 days
48 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
38 days
56 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
41 days
76 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
54 days
69 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
16 days
116 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
43 days
96 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
76 days
71 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
122 days
77 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
56 days
187 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
73 days
179 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
65 days
205 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
40 days
235 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
86 days
211 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
139 days
159 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
56 days
246 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
147 days
165 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
126 days
205 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
209 days
174 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
59 days
324 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
66 days
321 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
67 days
326 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
167 days
416 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
189 days
415 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
92 days
548 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
33 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
182 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: 
October 1 2018 - September 30 2019
Next Update: 
November 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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