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Trauma and orthopaedics

St Mary’s Hospital provides comprehensive paediatric and adult musculoskeletal services, and in particular elective and non-elective orthopaedic surgery. The surgical service is supported by a physician-led model of care which links and interfaces with both health and social services.

Emergency service

• On-site consultant in orthopaedic trauma from 08.00 to 20.00 with dedicated residential team of SpR and SHO 24 hours
• Daily trauma lists with dedicated post-operative trauma beds
• Consultant physician-led rehabilitation of trauma patients  

Outpatient facilities (all consultant-led)

• Daily trauma clinics with direct access to A&E and community doctors
• Weekly specialist clinics, including regional referral expertise in the orthopaedic subspecialties of:
  • Foot and ankle
  • Hip and knee including re-replacement
  • Shoulder and elbow
  • Spine
  • Paediatrics
  • Physiotherapy extended scope practitioners

Inpatient facilities

• Dedicated orthopaedic ward with separate trauma and elective beds
• Extremely low rates of hospital acquired infection with isolation facilities available
• Day surgery encouraged and low lengths of stay due to efficient pre-assessment and post-operative early recovery at home programmes

Research interests
The department has research commitments including a multinational study of proximal humeral fractures, involvement in a national study of rotator cuff disease and research fellows working in conjunction with SORA/biomedical engineering.

Consultants

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Location
Fracture and orthopaedic clinic, 1st floor, Paterson centre
Limited outpatient clinics are run at St Charles Hospital
Inpatients are admitted to Valentine Ellis ward in the QEQM building