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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 ?
147 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
466 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
144 days
203 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
309 days
215 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
71 days
312 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
150 days
398 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
126 days
561 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
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
52 days
77 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
55 days
98 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
70 days
163 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
27 days
197 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
74 days
342 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: 
June 1 - August 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
145 days
76 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
80 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
80 days
98 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
91 days
162 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
85 days
166 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
95 days
170 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
267 days
177 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
51 days
205 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
138 days
246 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
256 days
251 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
225 days
258 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
201 days
266 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
555 days
302 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
175 days
316 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
408 days
368 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
896 days
404 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
404 days
405 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
290 days
483 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
91 days
491 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
916 days
493 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
368 days
531 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
119 days
533 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
428 days
599 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
623 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
89 days
778 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
244 days
792 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
---

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
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
23 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
35 days
46 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
39 days
55 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
54 days
60 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
39 days
69 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
127 days
74 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
71 days
76 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
43 days
90 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
20 days
103 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
84 days
138 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
141 days
159 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
56 days
167 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
147 days
170 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
126 days
195 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
209 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
98 days
213 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
88 days
214 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
43 days
225 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
65 days
240 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
56 days
278 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
58 days
302 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
62 days
303 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
67 days
328 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
193 days
409 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
175 days
422 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
89 days
548 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
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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: 
September 1 2018 - August 31 2019
Next Update: 
October 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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