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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 ?
231 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
614 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
130 days
174 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
155 days
551 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
169 days
314 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
355 days
713 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
810 days
149 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
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
62 days
153 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
81 days
84 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
106 days
128 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
118 days
175 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
173 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: 
June 1 - August 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
86 days
106 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
105 days
537 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
108 days
207 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
119 days
166 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
125 days
378 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
137 days
319 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
138 days
196 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
141 days
139 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
146 days
184 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
163 days
447 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
165 days
293 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
168 days
343 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
179 days
391 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
192 days
554 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
222 days
204 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
229 days
311 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
248 days
547 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
253 days
687 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
259 days
801 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
318 days
822 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
406 days
893 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
526 days
561 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
909 days
696 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
1033 days
615 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
575 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
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
36 days
225 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
36 days
40 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
51 days
195 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
61 days
51 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
65 days
599 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
66 days
105 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
73 days
312 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
76 days
106 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
76 days
278 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
78 days
61 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
87 days
57 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
89 days
161 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
90 days
123 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
96 days
168 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
97 days
612 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
99 days
248 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
118 days
556 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
133 days
38 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
140 days
22 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
157 days
416 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
201 days
661 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
209 days
498 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
268 days
572 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
197 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: 
September 1 2020 - August 31 2021
Next Update: 
October 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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