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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 ?
231 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
442 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
88 days
357 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
148 days
359 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
149 days
266 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
324 days
330 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
712 days
522 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
35 days
205 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
52 days
112 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
66 days
162 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
88 days
334 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
97 days
70 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 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
56 days
778 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
68 days
135 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
96 days
166 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
99 days
160 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
104 days
73 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
122 days
505 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
126 days
162 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
146 days
411 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
168 days
311 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
216 days
266 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
231 days
316 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
235 days
258 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
244 days
997 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
254 days
251 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
264 days
190 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
267 days
187 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
365 days
531 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
367 days
368 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
479 days
428 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
525 days
635 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
324 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
896 days
393 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
916 days
454 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
52 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
99 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
34 days
45 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
38 days
296 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
39 days
64 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
41 days
50 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
44 days
90 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
49 days
293 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
54 days
61 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
58 days
196 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
66 days
257 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
66 days
307 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
68 days
329 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
79 days
79 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
84 days
80 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
90 days
112 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
99 days
221 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
121 days
542 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
127 days
78 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
139 days
145 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
140 days
159 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
148 days
427 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
148 days
209 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
158 days
180 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
195 days
362 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
19 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
241 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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 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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