Orthopaedic Surgical Centre Opens
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWT) writes “A new surgical centre that will perform around 4,000 orthopaedic procedures a year has officially opened at Central Middlesex Hospital.
The £9.4m North West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre will help reduce a waiting list of more than 16,000 patients.
The centre was officially opened by former secondary school teacher David Wootton who was the first patient to be treated at the centre at the start of its phased opening in December 2023.
The centre is one of the first developments of the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative, a partnership of the four acute NHS trusts in the sector - London North West University Healthcare, Imperial College Healthcare, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and The Hillingdon Hospitals.
The centre brings together most ‘high volume, low complexity’ bone and joint procedures, such as knee and hip replacements, in North West London.
This approach has been shown to improve quality and efficiency, enabling better care for more patients and freeing-up capacity in other hospitals to focus on more complex procedures where patients need more specialist care.”
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