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. 2018 Oct;10(2 Suppl):S5-S12.
doi: 10.1177/1758573218789849. Epub 2018 Aug 15.

The Provision of Primary and Revision Elbow Replacement Surgery in the NHS

Stuart Hay, Rohit Kulkarni, Adam Watts, David Stanley, Ian Trail, Lee Van Rensburg, Christopher Little, Vas Samdanis, Paul Jenkins, Michael Eames, Joideep Phadnis, Amjid Ali, Amar Rangan, Steve Drew, Rouin Amirfeyz, Veronica Conboy, David Clark, Peter Brownson, Clare Connor, Val Jones, Duncan Tennent, Mark Falworth, Michael Thomas, Jonathan Rees

The Provision of Primary and Revision Elbow Replacement Surgery in the NHS

Stuart Hay et al. Shoulder Elbow. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

BESS Surgical Procedure Guidelines (SPGs). Optimising Surgical Outcomes for Shoulder and Elbow patients. The British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) SPGs are a series of evidence and consensus Best Practice Recommendations developed by BESS surgeons and physiotherapists to help drive quality improvement and achieve the best possible surgical outcomes for UK patients. This SPG on primary and revision elbow replacement surgery is supported and endorsed by both the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Green map (a) highlights regions by old strategic health authority. Red map (b) highlights the percentage of all elbow replacement procedures within region compared to the annual national number in 2016/17.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Example of both a single and double regional hub and spoke model.
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