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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 ?
221 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
425 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
128 days
280 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
149 days
261 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
190 days
470 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
300 days
396 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
357 days
410 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
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
39 days
198 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
60 days
76 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
84 days
303 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
87 days
158 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
105 days
120 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: 
February 1 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
50 days
204 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
53 days
808 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
77 days
56 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
80 days
135 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
104 days
105 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
107 days
166 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
146 days
407 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
154 days
118 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
166 days
509 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
180 days
328 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
202 days
246 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
225 days
212 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
235 days
280 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
244 days
903 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
250 days
253 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
252 days
238 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
288 days
257 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
357 days
545 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
408 days
396 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
428 days
616 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
504 days
543 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
500 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
652 days
448 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
724 days
386 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
80 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
640 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
92 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
29 days
264 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
30 days
41 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
34 days
316 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
42 days
63 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
44 days
55 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
54 days
60 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
58 days
66 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
58 days
327 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
66 days
329 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
84 days
166 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
84 days
81 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
90 days
186 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
98 days
76 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
109 days
229 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
134 days
133 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
137 days
101 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
138 days
580 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
141 days
454 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
143 days
155 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
171 days
181 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
191 days
325 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
207 days
258 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
270 days
187 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
34 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
256 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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Next Update: 
June 2019
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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