Press Releases and Statements
Please see below for the press releases and policy statements issued by the BOA. Please contact us at info@boa.ac.uk if you would like further information on any of these or to subscribe to our distribution list.
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BOA statement about proposed suspensions of elective operations in some regions
The BOA is aware of media reports regarding hospitals in England that are consid...
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Progress on restarting elective orthopaedic surgery
Orthopaedic elective surgery has achieved one of the lowest percentage returns t...
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BOA statement regarding hip and knee waiting times FOI data
The BOA has raised concerns for some time over waiting times for orthopaedic sur...
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Getting It Right in Orthopaedics: A follow-up on the GIRFT national specialty report on orthopaedics
The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) is delighted and proud to support this...
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BOA/BASK/BHS communication about changes to knee revision surgery in England
The BOA, BHS and BASK, wish to inform our members about developments in the way ...
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BOA expresses growing concern over lengthening waiting times for patients
New waiting times figures released today by NHS England show a further deteriora...
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BOA Position statement on Medical Device Regulation from 2020
On 26th May 2017, the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR 2017/745) was published, w...
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Patient Statement regarding NJR and Implants
The BOA, BHS and BASK are aware of Daily Mail coverage regarding implants used f...
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BOA respond to NHS waiting times
The BOA is very concerned about increasing waiting times for patients with ortho...
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Joint roundtable event in Westminster
On 27th February, the BOA held a Westminster Roundtable event jointly with the c...
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BOA statement on NHS Improvement Patient Safety Alert on fracture fixation plates
13 February 2019 - NHS Improvement issued a Patient Safety Alert on fracture fix...
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BOA statement of support for GIRFT report on spinal surgery
30 January 2019 - The BOA welcomes the recommendations as proposed to reduce thi...
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Response to Media Reports on Sexism in Orthopaedics
8 January 2019 - We are disappointed to read the results of the survey through A...
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BOA and RCS joint response to The Sunday Times article on hip and knee surgery in obese patients
6 January 2019 - The BOA and the Royal College of Surgeons issued a response to ...
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BOA statement on Training and Winter Pressures
17 December 2018 - BOA Members may be aware of three statements issued in the la...
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Orthopaedic Implants - MAGEC Spinal Rods
29 November 2018 - Following the recent media attention regarding orthopaedic im...
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NHS England 'Evidence Based Interventions' - publication and response from the BOA
28 November 2018 - This week the NHS England guidance ‘Evidence Based Interventi...
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Statement for Patients about Orthopaedic Implants based on Recent Media Reporting
27 November 2018 - Yesterday, BBC One’s Panorama aired a programme on medical de...
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BOA welcomes JCST document on 'Training in the Private Sector'
15 November 2018 - The BOA welcomes the publication this week of the JCST docume...
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BOA, BHS and BASK respond to Daily Telegraph articled on antimicrobial resistance affecting routine operations
27 October 2018 - The BOA, BHS and BASK sent a letter to the editor of the Daily...
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BOA PHIN background briefing and position statement
13 September 2018 - PHIN (Private Healthcare Information Network) has been taske...
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BOA Responds to the GMC Training Survey
30 July 2018 - The GMC annual national training survey 2018 results were publish...
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New BOA/BESS Publication on the investigation and management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) in the shoulder and elbow
26 July 2018 - BESS with the support of the BOA have recently published guidelin...
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BOA speaks out on plans for restrictions on referrals for hip replacement surgery
24 July 2018 - The HSJ published an article on referral restriction plans by sev...
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