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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 ?
143 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
363 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
148 days
342 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
134 days
356 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
395 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
120 days
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
79 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)
76 days
164 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
88 days
212 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
356 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
95 days
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
44 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 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Faith Dodd
Sydney
150 days
107 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
143 days
117 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
117 days
147 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
114 days
147 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
120 days
184 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
140 days
251 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
167 days
258 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
91 days
264 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
137 days
270 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
94 days
271 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
181 days
316 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
520 days
331 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
216 days
346 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
103 days
387 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
398 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
309 days
504 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
199 days
514 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
126 days
535 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1505 days
551 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
120 days
614 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
153 days
675 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
157 days
971 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
15 days
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---

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
91 days
26 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
22 days
59 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
51 days
63 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
66 days
75 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
13 days
92 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
43 days
107 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
37 days
126 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
91 days
127 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
108 days
129 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
77 days
133 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
155 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
63 days
183 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
49 days
206 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
92 days
229 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
93 days
254 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
81 days
291 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
78 days
331 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
51 days
357 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
106 days
367 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
94 days
403 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
83 days
464 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
64 days
531 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
13 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: 
July 1 2019 - June 30 2020
Next Update: 
August 2020
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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