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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 ?
439 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
139 days
211 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
114 days
275 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
117 days
324 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
145 days
389 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
122 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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
40 days
65 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
29 days
90 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
77 days
120 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
60 days
170 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
89 days
335 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 - February 29 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Faith Dodd
Sydney
67 days
107 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
118 days
103 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
111 days
166 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
120 days
174 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
108 days
190 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
85 days
251 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
35 days
323 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
150 days
259 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
117 days
299 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
167 days
255 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
295 days
153 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
176 days
274 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
91 days
387 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
216 days
297 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
310 days
293 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
101 days
535 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
267 days
392 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
133 days
615 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
153 days
640 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
298 days
514 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
365 days
504 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
386 days
500 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
130 days
1196 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
916 days
518 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
489 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
21 days
48 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
49 days
63 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
50 days
68 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
56 days
72 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
55 days
88 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
80 days
77 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
55 days
112 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
41 days
134 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
42 days
136 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
16 days
204 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
70 days
158 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
97 days
149 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
67 days
188 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
41 days
217 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
131 days
149 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
86 days
226 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
97 days
241 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
95 days
262 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
75 days
335 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
86 days
354 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
94 days
351 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
70 days
445 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
146 days
429 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
76 days
521 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
161 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: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Next Update: 
April 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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