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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 ?
272 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
621 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
153 days
202 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
193 days
220 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
184 days
577 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
384 days
539 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
260 days
730 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
119 days
96 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
80 days
158 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
102 days
149 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
118 days
195 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
129 days
562 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 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Faith Dodd
Sydney
119 days
96 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
129 days
106 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
141 days
152 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
138 days
160 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
145 days
184 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
116 days
246 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
137 days
319 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
284 days
212 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
162 days
335 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
125 days
378 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
165 days
365 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
279 days
288 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
163 days
484 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
104 days
569 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
182 days
560 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
244 days
564 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
253 days
692 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
260 days
801 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
526 days
562 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
318 days
822 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
470 days
893 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
909 days
676 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
1033 days
615 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
---
378 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
702 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
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
36 days
40 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
55 days
53 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
87 days
42 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
78 days
70 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
130 days
36 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
66 days
105 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
150 days
22 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
35 days
146 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
75 days
113 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
90 days
125 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
51 days
195 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
89 days
172 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
21 days
241 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
97 days
169 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
105 days
248 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
82 days
312 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
155 days
417 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
86 days
582 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
118 days
556 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
84 days
602 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
218 days
499 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
268 days
552 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
201 days
661 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
---
278 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
204 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 2020 - October 31 2021
Next Update: 
December 2021
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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