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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 ?
139 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
450 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
136 days
201 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
76 days
331 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
118 days
392 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
183 days
382 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
133 days
607 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
46 days
109 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
75 days
83 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
66 days
153 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
45 days
185 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
94 days
349 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: 
September 1 - November 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Faith Dodd
Sydney
56 days
98 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
118 days
84 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
95 days
162 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
98 days
174 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
120 days
160 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
85 days
211 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
37 days
274 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
295 days
153 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
192 days
256 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
76 days
378 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
181 days
274 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
138 days
357 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
271 days
287 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
91 days
519 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
298 days
382 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
100 days
615 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
153 days
622 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
89 days
695 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
404 days
392 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
365 days
527 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
500 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
932 days
493 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
1099 days
379 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
296 days
1248 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
---
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
Faith Dodd
Sydney
30 days
57 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
47 days
52 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
54 days
74 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
43 days
101 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
69 days
76 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
16 days
141 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
50 days
113 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
91 days
74 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
41 days
134 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
94 days
146 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
56 days
201 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
33 days
226 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
116 days
160 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
74 days
211 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
131 days
157 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
87 days
203 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
113 days
223 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
119 days
226 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
69 days
305 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
70 days
334 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
60 days
385 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
148 days
360 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
182 days
415 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
92 days
511 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
23 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
189 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: 
December 1 2018 - November 30 2019
Next Update: 
January 2020
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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