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Engagement on the future provision of elective orthopaedic surgery in Lanarkshire

THIS ENGAGEMENT IS NOW CLOSED

UPDATE 20 DECEMBER 2021: The Board of NHS Lanarkshire has approved the preferred option to relocate elective (planned) inpatient orthopaedic surgery to the new University Hospital Monklands when it opens around 2028.

See our media release for full details – https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/news-new-hospital-will-be-home-to-planned-orthopaedic-surgery/

We’d like your views on the future provision of elective (planned) orthopaedic surgery in Lanarkshire.

Elective orthopaedics is planned surgery, primarily to replace the main bony joints, such as hip, knee and shoulders, and for repairs to the associated tissue.

NHS Lanarkshire’s preferred option is to transfer this service from its current location, University Hospital Hairmyres, to the new University Hospital Monklands when it opens around 2028.

The preferred option has been proposed by officers of NHS Lanarkshire. The engagement process on the preferred option has been approved by the Board of NHS Lanarkshire.

We are keen to hear the views of all stakeholders, including the public, our staff and other members of the community, before a final decision is made.

To help inform your feedback, we’d urge you to take the opportunity to read the handy guide to the proposals and the frequently asked questions on this page.

Please note that this process does not affect Lanarkshire’s orthopaedic trauma service (urgent and emergency care for people who have broken bones), which will continue to be located at University Hospital Wishaw as part of the West of Scotland Major Trauma Network.

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NHS Lanarkshire is asking for the community’s views on proposals for the future provision of elective orthopaedic surgery.

Elective orthopaedics is planned surgery, primarily to replace the main bony joints, such as hip, knee and shoulders, and for repairs to the associated tissue.

The preferred option, proposed by officers of NHS Lanarkshire, is to transfer this service from its current location at University Hospital Hairmyres.

It would relocate to the new University Hospital Monklands, at Wester Moffat near Airdrie, when it opens around 2028.

You can read more about the wider plans for the new Monklands at www.monklands.scot.nhs.uk.

NHS Lanarkshire says there would be a number of benefits to relocating the elective orthopaedic service to the new Monklands:

  • It would be large enough to conduct all the elective orthopaedic surgery currently provided at Hairmyres and the small amount done at University Hospital Wishaw, bringing benefits for patients;
  • To provide extra capacity, some patients currently go to independent hospitals for treatment. This proposal would reduce or even remove the need for independent sector treatment;
  • It would help cater for the growing need of the people of Lanarkshire for joint replacements as we live longer lives;
  • The new hospital will have the most modern clinical facilities and a single room for every patient, which is ideal for exercise and rehabilitation and has been shown by research to reduce the time spent in hospital and lessen the risk of an infection in the replaced joint.

NHS Lanarkshire believes relocation of elective othopaedics would also give a major opportunity for other services to be improved at Hairmyres.

The community’s feedback will be among information the Board of NHS Lanarkshire will take into account when they meet later this year to consider a decision on the future provision of the service.

These proposals don’t affect Lanarkshire’s orthopaedic trauma service – urgent and emergency care for people who have broken bones – which will continue to be located at University Hospital Wishaw.

The engagement process is running until 15 September 2021.

  • Join the virtual public meeting: 26 August 2021, 7-9pm, via Microsoft Teams

To receive the meeting link, please register to attend, with “public meeting” in the subject line of your email and providing your name, daytime contact number, email address if you have one and the first part of your postcode. Please indicate if you require BSL interpretation.

  • email – ortho.engagement@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
  • phone – 01236 713348
  • Contact us direct with your comments or questions – or if you need a paper copy of the survey:
  • email – ortho.engagement@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
  • phone – 01236 713348;
  • Write to – FREEPOST RTEJ-HZLK-AETZ, Communications Dept, NHS Lanarkshire, Kirklands, Fallside Road, Bothwell, G71 8BB
  • Complete the online survey

For a handy engagement guide and frequently asked questions, visit www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/get-involved/consult-engage/elective-orthopaedics/

 

 

 

GIVE US YOUR VIEWS

Our engagement process is running from 28 July 2021 until 30 September 2021.

Virtual public events: 26 August 2021, 7-9pm and 2 September 2021, 7-8pm, via Microsoft Teams

Many thanks to all who participated and gave their feedback.

Please see below for a copy of the presentation given at the public events.

Contact us direct with your comments or questions – or if you need a paper copy of the survey

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