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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 ?
308 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
525 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
137 days
234 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
188 days
338 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
393 days
498 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
183 days
525 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
308 days
616 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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
50 days
135 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
111 days
167 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
94 days
167 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
124 days
332 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
62 days
409 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 - April 30 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
137 days
130 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
107 days
163 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
180 days
174 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
598 days
179 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
645 days
181 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
218 days
210 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
193 days
212 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
210 days
224 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
98 days
230 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
91 days
275 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
125 days
378 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
160 days
425 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
477 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
183 days
480 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
525 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
301 days
547 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
82 days
552 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
182 days
569 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
531 days
588 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
438 days
623 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
237 days
692 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
175 days
767 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
307 days
782 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
435 days
807 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
242 days
893 days
David Wilson
Halifax
---
---
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
118 days
42 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
120 days
48 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
69 days
58 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
157 days
91 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
99 days
101 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
39 days
115 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
46 days
133 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
55 days
137 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
97 days
146 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
62 days
153 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
95 days
157 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
98 days
161 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
110 days
169 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
141 days
216 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
21 days
241 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
247 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
278 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
115 days
321 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
86 days
376 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
193 days
393 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
99 days
396 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
121 days
452 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
294 days
490 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
112 days
604 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
203 days
644 days
David Wilson
Halifax
---
---
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: 
May 1 2021 - April 30 2022
Next Update: 
June 2022
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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