PATIENTS waiting for hip and knee replacement operations atSouthmead Hospital could be transferred to Weston-super-Mare forsurgery.
Officials at Weston Area Health Trust were today deciding if theyshould bring in medical teams from abroad to carry out theoperations.
The use of surgeons and anaesthetists from across Europe is seenas a short term way of meeting the growing demand for orthopaedicservices at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre in Southmead. The NorthBristol Health Trust has to carry out 5,221 operations to meet its 12-month target for 2003-4. But it is likely to have a shortfall of1,417 inpatient cases.
Weston Area Health Trust hopes to perform an …
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