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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 ?
189 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
466 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
38 days
272 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
112 days
764 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
189 days
514 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
210 days
221 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
238 days
104 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
17 days
101 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
49 days
78 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
82 days
139 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
87 days
337 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
100 days
21 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 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
35 days
323 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
91 days
264 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
94 days
288 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
100 days
387 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
113 days
190 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
114 days
143 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
115 days
614 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
117 days
154 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
118 days
113 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
120 days
172 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
126 days
535 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
130 days
1196 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
137 days
192 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
150 days
211 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
150 days
98 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
152 days
271 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
153 days
640 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
167 days
258 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
176 days
260 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
199 days
578 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
216 days
314 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
356 days
504 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
520 days
331 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1344 days
522 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
424 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
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
14 days
90 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
17 days
177 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
22 days
51 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
38 days
130 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
43 days
109 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
47 days
70 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
47 days
206 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
51 days
130 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
51 days
357 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
52 days
75 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
53 days
69 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
57 days
294 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
64 days
187 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
72 days
142 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
76 days
608 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
76 days
332 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
83 days
466 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
84 days
27 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
91 days
134 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
91 days
254 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
92 days
219 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
93 days
364 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
115 days
401 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
126 days
132 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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140 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 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 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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