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Hi, Hippies, used this forum when I had my left hip done Jan 15 and found it invaluable!
I have just gone on NHS for right hip and been told 18 months plus .
I don't know if I can go through that wait again so am considering having it done privately?
My concern is the after care . Who takes stitches out , check up ect ?
can anyone help?
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amanda1827h Mary8610
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Hi Mary .what you need to do is ask your Gp too see if they do choose&book,then log yourself in to the sight.Your nearest Nuffield Hospital that deals with orthopaedic op,& they will do the op on the NHS.I had mine done at woking.on the NHS,no money parted from me.They were amazing,when you get discharged you then ask for a district nurse to take your stitches out.Google where can I have a hip replacement on the NHS in a private hospital. Regards Amanda
Mary8610 amanda1827h
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good luck
amanda1827h Mary8610
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Hi Mary I have said this before.Please pass this on ! I had my hip replacement two years ago at the Nuffield hospital in Woking surrey.This was done on the NHS.So if you find out if your surgery do choose & book,then register with choose & book & find out the nearest private hospital that do orthopaedic ops & you hopefully will be sorted.Or Google where can I have a hip replacement done on the NHS but in a private hospital. PLEASE I urge you to believe me.regards Amanda
Guest Mary8610
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Hi Mary
I've just had mine last Wednesday! It seems one step forward 2 back right now.I believe my doctors surgery takes out stitches and staples.any x8ncerna and get straight on the phone to your doctor. And check up is In 6 weeks. I'm yet to experience any euphoria about it but every day is getting more obviously better but I never thought it was a real step at a time job! I can't wait to have a real life again.I went nhs and can't fault my treatment . Good luck .
Mary8610 Guest
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good luck .
Guest Mary8610
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carolSte Mary8610
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I had my right hip done on 30 January this year, privately. My wound was glued so no stitches. I have had regular check ups afterwards and regular physio. All excellent.
RichardKen Mary8610
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Dear Mary
That's a hell of a wait. How about selecting an alternative hospital and surgeon where you may get a better time.
Cheers Richard
Mary8610 RichardKen
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That's not an option in Wales Richard .
thanks Mary
beth2509 RichardKen
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Wales has chosen to be its own NHS, so doesn't have access to the English choose and book scheme. That's the price of free prescriptions. A referral to an English hospital is charged to NHS Wales, and NHS Wales usually won't agree to it. Some English hospitals also refuse the deal with NHS Wales - they are apparently very tardy with payments on bills!
It is my understanding, but I am happy to be corrected, that any aftercare directly connected to the surgery, and that includes medications and annual check ups, are not covered by the NHS. Given the cost of the surgery, that may not be a major consideration if everything goes well. What I am not clear about is what if it doesn't - just because it is a private hospital does not, per se, mean better than an NHS hospital, or that nothing can go wrong. And with major surgery, "going wrong" doesn't mean clinical negligence - as we often see on these boards, less than hoped for outcomes do happen. I'd certainly not entertain it unless I had a lot of confidence in the answers to such questions.
RichardKen beth2509
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Spot on! This is why after selecting my two surgeons for ankle and hip decisions I went through the protracted process of getting the procedures done on the NHS otherwise it is like handing over a blank cheque!
Cheers Richard
RichardKen Mary8610
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Dear Beth
I thought that having treatment elsewhere in Wales was still an option or in other parts of the UK.
As regards to quality I had exceptionally good results of total hip surgery under Mr Mackie in Abergavenny which has now worn out after twenty very demanding years.
Unfortunately the total ankle replacement I had at the sane hospital lasted only four years and mistakes were made which now means the prosthesis has to be pulled out and a rescue job carried out with a different one.
Not good but I've selected a surgeon experienced in doing revisions so I'm hopeful.
My prostrate treatment in Wales seems to have been a success fingers crossed! I’m now living in England.
Cheers Richard
beth2509 RichardKen
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Oh, I am sure the surgical standards in NHS Wales are as good as the rest of the NHS. I suspect the problem is its more the demography of Wales, combined with its geography. The North is close to the north, the South is close to the south, and the West is close to nowhere! Combine that with an aging population - bad enough in England, but employment in Wales has died since you had your last hip replacement, so the younger generation are being forced out. That makes for a lot of older people wanting the kinds of surgery and treatments that older people more likely need. Longer waiting lists. Free prescriptions is a vote getter - but not if it is at the expense of being in a system that allows greater flexibility.
When are you having your ankle done? They're thinking mine will probably be the end of the year or early next - I didn't plan my bits breaking in very good order, and they aren't happy with the idea of doing the ankle until the hip is 100% remodeled, as the hip is going to have to bear my entire body weight for at least three months.
RichardKen beth2509
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Dear Beth
It sounds as if we are in similar situations. I knew months ago that my my ankle replacement needed to be revised and having lined up a good revision surgeon my twenty year old hip on the other side failed!
What you have said seems to make sense regarding the Welsh health service.
My ankle replacement surgery date is dependent on my replacement hip surgery on the other side and is planned for May 18th.
I'm hoping that recovery will be quick as my ankle is getting quite uncomfortable and could fail unexpectedly and then I would be up the creak without a paddle<G>
All the best
Cheers Richard
beth2509 RichardKen
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Yes - we'd compared notes before! I have the "advantage" that my ankle is still my own, albeit in completely the wrong configuration now! So the worst that can happen is that the ankle breaks again, and that isn't likely since I can't now walk far enough to get another stress fracture. But if it did break it would just force their hand - it isn't a replacement but an arthrodesis. I don't particularly want either, but needs must.
RichardKen beth2509
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Memory revision due shortly I imagine!
Cheers Richard