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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 ?
154 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
433 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
114 days
275 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
123 days
308 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
139 days
206 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
155 days
614 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
157 days
347 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
32 days
102 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
60 days
158 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
61 days
161 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
68 days
66 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
109 days
352 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 - January 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
29 days
308 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
67 days
107 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
79 days
238 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
91 days
379 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
93 days
522 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
98 days
190 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
101 days
166 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
102 days
172 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
115 days
622 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
118 days
103 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
128 days
332 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
130 days
1196 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
132 days
640 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
161 days
259 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
167 days
321 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
181 days
274 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
267 days
392 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
295 days
147 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
307 days
297 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
365 days
504 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
408 days
514 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
500 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
663 days
293 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
840 days
511 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
80 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
476 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
16 days
169 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
23 days
56 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
38 days
222 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
40 days
134 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
41 days
136 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
49 days
63 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
50 days
105 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
55 days
72 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
60 days
184 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
61 days
68 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
68 days
112 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
70 days
442 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
70 days
424 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
71 days
196 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
74 days
334 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
82 days
341 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
86 days
77 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
87 days
236 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
94 days
229 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
100 days
223 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
100 days
154 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
128 days
343 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
132 days
153 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
151 days
436 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
33 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
164 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: 
February 1 2019 - January 31 2020
Next Update: 
March 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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