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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 ?
213 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
573 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
133 days
207 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
154 days
174 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
172 days
468 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
188 days
489 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
261 days
676 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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
62 days
68 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
62 days
83 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
89 days
68 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
129 days
247 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
179 days
499 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 - May 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
108 days
267 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
109 days
576 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
111 days
149 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
125 days
378 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
133 days
319 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
137 days
181 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
146 days
231 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
147 days
223 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
153 days
490 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
153 days
440 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
158 days
172 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
168 days
335 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
186 days
342 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
192 days
505 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
203 days
332 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
224 days
203 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
225 days
372 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
226 days
686 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
243 days
615 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
250 days
505 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
258 days
777 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
381 days
852 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
406 days
902 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
523 days
560 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1101 days
676 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
874 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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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
21 days
241 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
36 days
40 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
44 days
216 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
55 days
243 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
61 days
52 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
61 days
568 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
65 days
59 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
76 days
331 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
82 days
277 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
82 days
122 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
85 days
61 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
87 days
189 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
89 days
245 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
90 days
173 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
95 days
106 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
102 days
125 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
115 days
483 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
126 days
28 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
144 days
604 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
145 days
21 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
149 days
417 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
155 days
84 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
200 days
658 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
209 days
465 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
353 days
574 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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185 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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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: 
June 1 2020 - May 31 2021
Next Update: 
July 2021
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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