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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 ?
354 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
683 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
329 days
280 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
308 days
369 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
304 days
490 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
319 days
542 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
375 days
735 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
113 days
124 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
122 days
153 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
153 days
141 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
153 days
200 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
166 days
572 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: 
August 1 - October 31 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
David Wilson
Halifax
114 days
121 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
196 days
135 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
198 days
187 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
176 days
252 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
267 days
168 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
238 days
247 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
250 days
312 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
259 days
303 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
290 days
310 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
312 days
337 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
119 days
531 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
281 days
495 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
525 days
261 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
503 days
367 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
147 days
734 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
357 days
609 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
454 days
530 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
391 days
660 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
895 days
202 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
178 days
928 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
570 days
537 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
199 days
938 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
351 days
854 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
226 days
1187 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
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525 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
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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
David Wilson
Halifax
39 days
20 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
59 days
125 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
70 days
122 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
97 days
98 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
48 days
148 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
143 days
64 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
113 days
99 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
205 days
41 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
98 days
148 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
120 days
127 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
117 days
152 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
76 days
214 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
149 days
160 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
153 days
163 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
119 days
248 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
59 days
409 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
272 days
198 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
93 days
408 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
181 days
367 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
89 days
474 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
63 days
625 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
218 days
512 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
268 days
509 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
294 days
515 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
278 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
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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 2021 - October 31 2022
Next Update: 
December 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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