Orthopaedic Hip and Knee Surgeon serving folk in Cheltenham and the Cotswolds. Interests in prehospital care and recruiting the next generation of surgeons

Cheltenham
Joined June 2009
Mr Curwen supervising ex fix application on his knees! @gloshospitals @TheatresGHT
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Uncemented hip hemiarthroplasties have higher failure rate and higher mortality compared to cemented. Multiple studies show the same. At what point does it become #negligent to use a fracture inducing implant in bone that has clearly demonstrated it is prone to #fracture? – at South West, England
Cemented or Uncemented Hemiarthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture? Data from the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register #CORR #Hip #Registries ow.ly/r36f30oXCHG
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Described as ‘Operation of the Century’, hip replacements restore quality of life to hundreds of local people every year #TheatresLive
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Mr Jon Mutimer, Specialty Director for Planned Orthopaedic Care has sent us some additional facts about orthopaedic theatres, so we'll stick with the orthopaedic theme for the next few tweets! #TheatresLive
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Hip & knee replacements are one of the most successful operations around in terms of value for money and restoring quality of life for our patients #TheatresLive
Check out "Severn Hip Fracture Management Course 2018" eventbrite.co.uk/e/severn-hi… @EventbriteUK
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Congrats to Core Surgical Training Committee. Now has full Specialty Advisory Committee status!
UK Salaries, % change from 2007, adjusted for inflation: plot.ly/~durooduroo/11/uk-sa… via plotlygraphs
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Just polishing them right now.. Shall watch strictly for some moves
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New rights for NHS patients. All this is pretty standard in up to date units these days. networks.nhs.uk/networks/new…
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Apologies. Tweet account hacked. Hopefully sorted now.....
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No idea. Shall investigate. Great to see you the other day. Bring on November
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Good meeting @BritOrthAssoc patient liaison group today. Lots going on to keep patients at the centre of what we do
First One Stop Hip Clinic at Linton House today. Great set up for X-ray, CR and MRI - perfect for investigating hip pain @cobaltimaging.
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First meeting of patient liaison group at @BritOrthAssoc. Difficult times with latest developments but crucial pt views taken into account
Don't miss #christmaslectures. Great advert for cobalt clinic charity based in chetenham
Amazing what you can achieve together...@meetmeinwinter
Teaching on @smithnephew trauma skeletal fixation course today. Great hands on experience for trainees.
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