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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 ?
201 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
420 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
147 days
236 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
78 days
312 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
159 days
339 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
296 days
330 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
372 days
522 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
96 days
70 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
52 days
114 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
31 days
204 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
85 days
167 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
83 days
325 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
104 days
77 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
68 days
135 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
50 days
205 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
87 days
170 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
99 days
166 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
126 days
162 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
163 days
246 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
267 days
190 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
201 days
266 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
225 days
258 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
256 days
251 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
221 days
316 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
126 days
491 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
122 days
504 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
72 days
723 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
408 days
389 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
436 days
368 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
404 days
405 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
324 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
365 days
531 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
429 days
599 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
244 days
997 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
896 days
393 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
916 days
464 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
80 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
640 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
34 days
44 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
40 days
51 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
37 days
71 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
54 days
66 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
27 days
100 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
45 days
88 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
77 days
76 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
57 days
133 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
127 days
77 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
100 days
138 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
49 days
217 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
139 days
155 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
126 days
184 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
93 days
221 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
42 days
280 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
66 days
257 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
156 days
173 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
127 days
211 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
66 days
288 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
64 days
293 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
68 days
303 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
191 days
383 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
167 days
427 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
92 days
542 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
23 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: 
August 1 2018 - July 31 2019
Next Update: 
September 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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