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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 ?
204 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
408 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
138 days
197 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
144 days
276 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
195 days
448 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
212 days
451 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
259 days
447 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
40 days
117 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
57 days
72 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
62 days
107 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
69 days
295 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
91 days
158 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 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
50 days
119 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
53 days
841 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
75 days
55 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
104 days
91 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
112 days
97 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
118 days
162 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
134 days
109 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
143 days
379 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
179 days
504 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
188 days
311 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
195 days
219 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
212 days
577 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
222 days
239 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
227 days
255 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
244 days
970 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
250 days
235 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
252 days
235 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
308 days
402 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
363 days
565 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
384 days
169 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
522 days
672 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
549 days
404 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
526 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
721 days
405 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
128 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
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
27 days
41 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
29 days
83 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
34 days
331 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
40 days
55 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
42 days
59 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
42 days
264 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
48 days
51 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
56 days
324 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
67 days
197 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
69 days
331 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
70 days
66 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
86 days
82 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
90 days
147 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
96 days
231 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
106 days
96 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
126 days
112 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
133 days
128 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
136 days
457 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
138 days
609 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
146 days
140 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
171 days
188 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
215 days
314 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
231 days
281 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
284 days
196 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
52 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: 
March 1 2018 - February 28 2019
Next Update: 
April 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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