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Blog post: The importance of humanitarian work in orthopaedics
by Mr Sarkhell Radha, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre In a world where many people lack access to good…
Blog: Five reasons to enter the 2023 NOA Excellence in Orthopaedics Awards
By Ann Hoey, NOA Programme Director Do you work for an NOA member organisation? Whether you’re an orthopaedic surgeon, wellbeing officer, researcher, inclusion manager, physiotherapist…
Blog: Elective Orthopaedic Surgery – Looking into the future: Payment By Results and engagement with clinicians
By: Sarkhell Radha and Irrum Afzal, Croydon University Hospital and NOA member organisation, the South West London Elective Orthopaedic CentreProvision and funding of healthcare in the…
Blog: The Quest for Clairvoyance: How AI can be used to guide operational decision making
By: Edward Bramley-Harker, Co-founder and Director at Edge Health, Tom Michaelis, Analyst at Edge Health and Christian Moroy, Co-founder and Associate Director at Edge Health…
Blog: The National Orthopaedic Alliance Annual Conference, a member’s perspective
By: Irrum Afzal, South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre Having just attended the 2022 British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress, it is now time for my…
Blog: How registries need good stakeholder engagement
By: Mike Swanson, Business Relationship Manager, NEC Software SolutionsThe success or failure of a registry isn’t determined solely by the data it was built to…
NOA Annual Members’ Conference 2022 – What’s in Store
By: Ann Hoey, NOA Programme Director Anyone who attended NOA’s first Annual Members’ Conference last year will know that the day was an opportunity for…
Blog: Specialised services at a crossroads: working to ensure a sensible approach to change.
By: Alice Fabre, Director, Federation of Specialist HospitalsAs the NHS prepares to delegate the majority of specialised services commisisoning to Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), specialist…
Blog: Improving and consolidating skills learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic to thrive during and after the crisis.
By: Sarkhell Radha and Irrum Afzal The COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that changed our lives almost overnight and forced the world to change the way…
Blog: Evolution of the regional revision arthroplasty multidisciplinary team meeting in South West London
By: Irrum Afzal, Sarkhell Radha, Sulaiman Alazzawi, Vipin Asopa, Richard Field and Philip Mitchell, South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings in…