Thought Leadership: J&J MedTech

1.30pm – 2.15pm BST, 22 September 2026 ‐ 45 mins

Room: Nebula

External Organisation

Session Overview

As a high-volume orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Ahmed's approach is built around consistency, repeatability, and protecting theatre capacity through standardised surgical pathways. When evaluating opportunities to introduce advanced wound closure technologies, he faced a familiar challenge:

How do you demonstrate value when the focus is primarily on upfront cost?

Rather than limiting discussions to price alone, Mr Ahmed and his team explored a patient population where complications, delayed recovery and extended length of stay have particularly significant consequences: Neck of Femur fracture patients.

During this session, Mr Ahmed will discuss how his team explored whether a more consistent wound closure pathway could contribute to improvements beyond the operating theatre and what these observations may mean for future conversations around value in orthopaedic care.

Topics will include:

• The role of consistency and standardisation within surgical pathways.
• Challenges associated with recovery following hip fracture surgery.
• Considerations when evaluating wound closure within broader recovery strategies.
• Observations relating to resource utilisation and patient pathways.
• Whether value should be measured solely through product cost or across the wider patient journey.

Why Attend?

• Explore how clinicians are approaching conversations around value in increasingly constrained healthcare environments.
• Gain practical insights from a consultant orthopaedic surgeon managing high patient volumes.
• Consider how decisions made in the final minutes of surgery may influence discussions around recovery pathways and healthcare resources.