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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 ?
237 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
615 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
119 days
439 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
138 days
258 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
155 days
575 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
225 days
484 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
301 days
722 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
53 days
111 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
69 days
265 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
84 days
187 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
124 days
151 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
209 days
538 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: 
September 1 - November 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
57 days
156 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
105 days
371 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
110 days
606 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
123 days
325 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
125 days
378 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
126 days
267 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
139 days
334 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
147 days
272 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
150 days
135 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
153 days
391 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
154 days
231 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
156 days
194 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
176 days
281 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
179 days
378 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
192 days
315 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
192 days
378 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
192 days
203 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
200 days
520 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
211 days
923 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
224 days
673 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
225 days
415 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
258 days
733 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
381 days
802 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
523 days
510 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1505 days
672 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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388 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
21 days
241 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
23 days
134 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
23 days
40 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
25 days
57 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
35 days
241 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
37 days
192 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
40 days
398 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
49 days
590 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
57 days
126 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
62 days
216 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
69 days
173 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
78 days
129 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
81 days
27 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
83 days
74 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
85 days
132 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
86 days
241 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
95 days
369 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
103 days
106 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
106 days
369 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
108 days
22 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
115 days
506 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
116 days
432 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
136 days
297 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
143 days
527 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
152 days
85 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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183 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 2019 - November 30 2020
Next Update: 
January 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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