Diagnostic services help family doctors, nurse practitioners and specialists diagnose illness or injury quickly and accurately.
Patients are referred for diagnostic tests such ultrasounds, diagnostic mammography, computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), genetic testing, and colonoscopies.
The wait times provided here are for less urgent services. People requiring more urgent care receive it sooner.
- Barium Enemas
- Bone Density Tests
- Breast Biopsy
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cone Biopsy of the Cervix
- CT Scan (Computed Tomography)
- Diagnostic Mammogram
- Laparoscopy
- MIBI Stress Tests
- MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
- Nuclear Medicine
- Screening Mammogram
- Ultrasound
- Upper GI Series
More information on wait times for scheduled diagnostic services in Nova Scotia will be added as it becomes available.

