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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 ?
372 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
713 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
271 days
267 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
484 days
413 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
317 days
622 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
648 days
851 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
137 days
918 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
135 days
84 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
84 days
181 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
112 days
183 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
109 days
322 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
107 days
408 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
138 days
119 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
136 days
181 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
1011 days
194 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
161 days
265 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
223 days
306 days
Faith Dodd
Inverness
371 days
310 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
203 days
323 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
358 days
365 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
821 days
368 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
444 days
383 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
436 days
444 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
128 days
454 days
John D Amirault
Halifax
282 days
496 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
1320 days
517 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
294 days
566 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
605 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
150 days
748 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
319 days
758 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
539 days
759 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
373 days
904 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
240 days
940 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
100 days
1086 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
98 days
70 days
Faith Dodd
Inverness
141 days
92 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
366 days
98 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
105 days
105 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
96 days
120 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
93 days
133 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
73 days
140 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
413 days
148 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
34 days
164 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
70 days
171 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
217 days
216 days
John D Amirault
Halifax
219 days
258 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
69 days
275 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
144 days
276 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
161 days
280 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
187 days
326 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
154 days
461 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
175 days
468 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
546 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
71 days
581 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
44 days
686 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
248 days
730 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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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