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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 ?
216 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
575 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
154 days
293 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
195 days
356 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
213 days
401 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
170 days
439 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
265 days
673 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
57 days
156 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
125 days
184 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
101 days
198 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
72 days
292 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
190 days
400 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: 
July 1 - September 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Faith Dodd
Sydney
154 days
128 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
154 days
155 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
69 days
156 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
139 days
203 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
156 days
211 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
123 days
224 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
212 days
255 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
46 days
267 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
147 days
275 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
153 days
281 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
230 days
297 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
96 days
323 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
181 days
342 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
125 days
378 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
125 days
378 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
242 days
384 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
150 days
387 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
179 days
393 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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424 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
110 days
502 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
158 days
514 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1505 days
619 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
197 days
622 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
201 days
657 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
239 days
718 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
211 days
984 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
100 days
22 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
20 days
54 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
76 days
72 days
Christopher Hamilton
Sydney
15 days
104 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
43 days
109 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
153 days
114 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
36 days
119 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
88 days
129 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
16 days
129 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
94 days
130 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
68 days
132 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
63 days
162 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
71 days
171 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
185 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
58 days
210 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
21 days
240 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
21 days
241 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
118 days
256 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
78 days
268 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
106 days
318 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
51 days
333 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
40 days
362 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
90 days
369 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
108 days
386 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
70 days
482 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
96 days
483 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: 
October 1 2019 - September 30 2020
Next Update: 
November 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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