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Ross Lydall

Hospital hub doubles number of surgeries for hips and knees

University College London Hospital has become an orthopaedic “hub”

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Patients undergoing replacement knee or hip surgery are making it home on the same day after the transformation of care at a major London hospital.

University College London Hospital has managed to clear its backlog of patients awaiting complex knee and hip replacements after doubling the number of such operations in a year since becoming an orthopaedic “hub” for north-central London.

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