Same day discharge for NHS Golden Jubilee’s hip replacement patients

Orthopaedic specialists at NHS Golden Jubilee have launched a new hip replacement service which sees patients leaving hospital just 11 hours after admission.
The Golden Jubilee National Hospital, which routinely discharges hip replacement patients from hospital the day after surgery, has now carried out four as day cases.
But a combination of local anaesthetic, patient education and ‘prehabilitation’ with physiotherapy and occupational therapy on the day of surgery means suitable patients can safely go home a few hours after surgery – no matter where they live.