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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 ?
133 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
489 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
77 days
331 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
127 days
614 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
139 days
190 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
150 days
381 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
158 days
357 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
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
44 days
197 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
51 days
105 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
63 days
147 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
77 days
91 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
84 days
441 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 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
33 days
267 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
67 days
98 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
85 days
162 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
85 days
188 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
89 days
170 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
89 days
695 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
91 days
519 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
106 days
353 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
118 days
78 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
121 days
160 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
122 days
620 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
138 days
368 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
148 days
614 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
176 days
267 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
214 days
256 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
221 days
273 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
244 days
1248 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
280 days
154 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
298 days
382 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
365 days
521 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
404 days
392 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
470 days
379 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
331 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
916 days
511 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
562 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
80 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
15 days
128 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
34 days
56 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
35 days
225 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
39 days
48 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
43 days
86 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
45 days
105 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
48 days
134 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
53 days
78 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
57 days
233 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
60 days
362 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
68 days
189 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
69 days
307 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
72 days
328 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
77 days
211 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
77 days
75 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
88 days
179 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
92 days
531 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
103 days
74 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
117 days
223 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
121 days
161 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
131 days
160 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
159 days
406 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
164 days
210 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
184 days
425 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
176 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
23 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 2018 - October 31 2019
Next Update: 
December 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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