04 Jul 2023 Joint statement on outcome of BMA ballot for consultant industrial action in England Last week the BMA announced the result of their ballot on consultant industrial ...read more Policy position statements
30 Jun 2023 BOA response to publication of NHS Long Term Workforce Plan The publication today of the Government’s NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is welcom...read more Policy position statements
22 Feb 2023 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 ...read more Policy position statements
27 Jan 2023 Joint statement on junior doctors ballot The BMA ballot for junior doctor strike action in England opened on Monday 9 Jan...read more Policy position statements
06 Jul 2022 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...read more Policy position statements
12 May 2022 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...read more Policy position statements
10 Feb 2022 T&O waiting list the largest for over a decade 10 February 2022: Elective Trauma and Orthopaedic (T&O) surgery once again toppe...read more Policy position statements
08 Feb 2022 Statement on the publication of the Government’s Elective Recovery Plan 8 February 2022: The Government has published its plan for recovery of elective ...read more Policy position statements
09 Jul 2021 Statement regarding recent media coverage about orthopaedic surgery 9 July 2021: We are aware of media coverage this week about a research study in...read more Policy position statements
28 May 2021 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...read more Policy position statements
23 Mar 2021 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...read more Policy position statements
11 Mar 2021 BOA statement on waiting times data release from January 2021 11 March 2021: Elective Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery has been severely affecte...read more Policy position statements
21 Jan 2021 NuVasive PRECICE device recall by MHRA 21st January 2021 - The MHRA yesterday issued a notice on 20 Jan 2021 about a de...read more Policy position statements
11 Dec 2020 Current BOA position regarding elective activity, waiting lists and restart 11 December 2020: In late-March 2020, all non-urgent elective operations and mos...read more Policy position statements
25 Nov 2020 British Orthopaedic Association statement on Comprehensive Spending Review 25th November 2020 - The Government has announced an additional £1 billion for t...read more Policy position statements
19 Oct 2020 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...read more Policy position statements
15 Oct 2020 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...read more Policy position statements
08 Oct 2020 Progress on restarting elective orthopaedic surgery 8 October 2020: Orthopaedic elective surgery has achieved one of the lowest perc...read more Policy position statements
28 Sep 2020 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...read more Policy position statements
15 Sep 2020 BOA position on suspending surgery due to COVID-19 15 September 2020: With cases of COVID rising across the UK there is discussion ...read more Policy position statements
