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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 ?
378 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
654 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort ascending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
388 days
441 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
386 days
726 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
336 days
705 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
292 days
605 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
188 days
274 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 ascending Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
178 days
573 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
139 days
125 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
128 days
127 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
119 days
173 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
97 days
265 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: 
November 1 - January 31 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort ascending Surgery Wait Time
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
895 days
202 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
894 days
202 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
570 days
537 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
426 days
423 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
406 days
578 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
391 days
738 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
364 days
261 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
362 days
638 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
354 days
896 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
306 days
352 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
301 days
247 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
297 days
173 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
259 days
303 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
250 days
325 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
227 days
1237 days
Brendan O'Neill
Dartmouth
196 days
457 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
196 days
149 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
171 days
187 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
166 days
240 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
163 days
1026 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
160 days
938 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
153 days
310 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
125 days
734 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
119 days
405 days
David Wilson
Halifax
114 days
121 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
525 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
351 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 ascending Surgery Wait Time
Megan Gillis
Kentville
306 days
533 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
299 days
374 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
246 days
254 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
238 days
169 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
211 days
56 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
208 days
566 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
205 days
55 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
189 days
310 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
180 days
251 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
176 days
154 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
164 days
113 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
154 days
102 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
137 days
476 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
120 days
131 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
114 days
141 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
109 days
152 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
106 days
367 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
93 days
116 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
91 days
114 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
81 days
614 days
David Wilson
Halifax
71 days
32 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
66 days
419 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
59 days
126 days
Brendan O'Neill
Dartmouth
42 days
143 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
42 days
650 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
278 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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55 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 2022 - January 31 2023
Next Update: 
March 2023
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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