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Professor John Robertson OBA

I didn’t see this at the time of publication, 7 days ago, for the obvious reason the Scottish media didn’t report it.

Today, the media across the UK do have the story of knee implants that are faulty and have been know to be faulty for ten years and recently the Herald, your supposedly trusted information source had a story about a Glasgow hospital praised for incredible hip and knee surgery results, but it was a private one charging only £9 995 per knee. Keep the fiver for some painkillers?

So, in Record numbers of hip and knee operations performed last year, published 05 August 2025

There has been an increase in planned operations across NHS Scotland, as recent statistics reveal that the number of hip and knee arthroplasty operations reached an all-time high in 2024.

The statistics from The Scottish Arthroplasty Project reported that 17,399 first (primary) hip or knee replacements performed in NHS Scotland hospitals in 2024 compared to 15,908 in 2019.

The annual report also showed that over the last 10 years the mean length of hospital stays, for both primary hip and primary knee procedures, has decreased from 5 days to 2.6 days.

Separately, latest published data shows that there has been a 7.7% increase in planned operations across all procedures compared to the same month last year.

Extra investment to tackle NHS waits is expected to deliver more than 300,000 appointments and procedures this year.

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