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Shoulder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

This category includes acromioplasty, arthroplasty, and shoulder repair.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
376 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
624 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
193 days
624 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
509 days
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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714 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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196 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
56 days
172 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
255 days
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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233 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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35 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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: 
April 1 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
John McPherson
Kentville
145 days
362 days
J Andrew I Trenholm
Halifax
153 days
605 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
190 days
103 days
David G Johnston
Halifax
238 days
269 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
238 days
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Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
379 days
231 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
509 days
410 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
559 days
714 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
---
---
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
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Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Eric Howatt
Kentville
23 days
68 days
J Andrew I Trenholm
Halifax
65 days
431 days
David G Johnston
Halifax
74 days
126 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
112 days
479 days
John McPherson
Kentville
125 days
301 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
136 days
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Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
161 days
88 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
213 days
249 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
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Horacio Yepes
Sydney
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Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
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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 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 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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