Press Releases and Statements
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Joint statement from surgical organisations on result of BMA ballot for junior doctor strike action in England
The BMA’s UK Junior Doctors Committee have announced the result of their ballot ...
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Joint statement on junior doctors ballot
The BMA ballot for junior doctor strike action in England opened on Monday 9 Jan...
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Trainee associations provide an urgent call to action to protect the future surgical workforce
The BOA supports this important call by the trainee associations and will contin...
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England and Wales T&O Waiting Times data for March 2022
Summary of the BOA’s viewpoint on new NHS data released 12 May 2022 on waiting t...
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BOA response to article in The Times on NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis patients
The BOA wrote a letter to the Editor of the Times in response to their article '...
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T&O waiting list the largest for over a decade
10 February 2022: Elective Trauma and Orthopaedic (T&O) surgery once again toppe...
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Statement on the publication of the Government’s Elective Recovery Plan
8 February 2022: The Government has published its plan for recovery of elective ...
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Statement regarding recent media coverage about orthopaedic surgery
9 July 2021: We are aware of media coverage this week about a research study in...
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BOA Statement on RCS England publication 'A New Deal for Surgery'
28 May 2021: The RCS England has published its ‘New Deal for Surgery’ today, and...
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Statement from the BOA, BHS and BASK regarding newly published study about patients awaiting surgery
23 March 2021: A paper published today in the Bone and Joint Journal has highlig...
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BOA statement on waiting times data release from January 2021
11 March 2021: Elective Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery has been severely affecte...
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NuVasive PRECICE device recall by MHRA
21st January 2021 - The MHRA yesterday issued a notice on 20 Jan 2021 about a de...
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NHS England waiting list figures show T&O patients are worst affected
11 December 2020: The latest Trauma and Orthopaedic data for England, published ...
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Current BOA position regarding elective activity, waiting lists and restart
11 December 2020: In late-March 2020, all non-urgent elective operations and mos...
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British Orthopaedic Association statement on Comprehensive Spending Review
25th November 2020 - The Government has announced an additional £1 billion for t...
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BOA and GIRFT statement on 'ring fenced' orthopaedic beds in the COVID-19 context
19 October 2020: The BOA and GIRFT have worked together to produce this statemen...
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BOA statement about proposed suspensions of elective operations in some regions
15 October 2020: The BOA is aware of media reports regarding hospitals in Englan...
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Progress on restarting elective orthopaedic surgery
8 October 2020: Orthopaedic elective surgery has achieved one of the lowest perc...
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BOA viewpoint on communications with waiting list patients and those approaching surgery
28 September 2020: The reduction in number of operations during the COVID-19 pan...
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BOA position on suspending surgery due to COVID-19
15 September 2020: With cases of COVID rising across the UK there is discussion ...
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BOA statement on NICE planned care rapid guideline
3 August 2020: The BOA supports the implementation of the COVID-19 rapid guideli...
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BOA statement on The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review
The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) welcomes this report from Baroness Cum...
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Joint Statement from the BOA and Versus Arthritis on April Waiting Times
11 June 2020: Elective surgery – including joint replacement surgery – has taken...
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BOA statement regarding hip and knee waiting times FOI data
24 February 2020: The BOA has raised concerns for some time over waiting times f...
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