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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 ?
219 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
568 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
127 days
483 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
143 days
505 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
178 days
517 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
184 days
138 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
377 days
717 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
82 days
50 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
92 days
178 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
95 days
304 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
121 days
90 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
166 days
513 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 - February 28 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
111 days
153 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
116 days
285 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
123 days
308 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
125 days
378 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
127 days
615 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
138 days
408 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
153 days
272 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
153 days
431 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
154 days
190 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
154 days
231 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
165 days
342 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
168 days
343 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
192 days
490 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
197 days
198 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
203 days
332 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
212 days
251 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
225 days
260 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
226 days
686 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
258 days
776 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
265 days
505 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
381 days
822 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
406 days
902 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
520 days
576 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
523 days
556 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1988 days
672 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
874 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
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
36 days
40 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
42 days
221 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
45 days
279 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
49 days
82 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
50 days
213 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
54 days
84 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
61 days
623 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
76 days
185 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
81 days
204 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
82 days
104 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
90 days
100 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
105 days
342 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
111 days
132 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
111 days
312 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
114 days
112 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
115 days
502 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
118 days
27 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
132 days
20 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
146 days
566 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
149 days
406 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
152 days
83 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
176 days
598 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
207 days
400 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
369 days
552 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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191 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 2020 - February 28 2021
Next Update: 
April 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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