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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.

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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
171 days
230 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
155 days
251 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
624 days
569 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
110 days
622 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
286 days
674 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 Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
134 days
90 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
132 days
127 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
83 days
162 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
69 days
262 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
137 days
473 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: 
September 1 - November 30 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
135 days
106 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
455 days
137 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
107 days
163 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
149 days
168 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
145 days
184 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
92 days
197 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
108 days
210 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
308 days
288 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
137 days
291 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
151 days
319 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
184 days
365 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
125 days
378 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
---
413 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
165 days
484 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
182 days
560 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
248 days
564 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
104 days
569 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
575 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
349 days
584 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
1033 days
627 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
473 days
676 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
254 days
687 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
270 days
767 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
272 days
801 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
470 days
902 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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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 Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
140 days
22 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
50 days
40 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
130 days
42 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
82 days
43 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
54 days
77 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
78 days
90 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
61 days
111 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
68 days
120 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
118 days
126 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
36 days
132 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
98 days
154 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
48 days
160 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
96 days
171 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
190 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
21 days
241 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
109 days
257 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
---
321 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
59 days
337 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
159 days
405 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
157 days
417 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
121 days
468 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
126 days
481 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
207 days
498 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
128 days
602 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
176 days
655 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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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 2020 - November 30 2021
Next Update: 
January 2022
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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