Obese patients are being denied life-changing hip and knee replacements and left in pain in a bid to slash spiralling NHS costs, The Independent can reveal. One-third of NHS areas in England and ...

A 77-year-old woman said she feels "so much better" and is now "pain-free" after undergoing a pioneering hip operation at a ...

Thousands of Britons who have had hip replacements have been warned that there is a risk that their implant could malfunction. An investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory ...

Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are inappropriate and worsening health inequalities, according to a new study published in BMC Medicine ...

There are significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery across NHS hospitals in England and Wales following hip fracture, a new study aimed at understanding how hospital care impacts ...

14:48, Wed, Feb 18, 2026 Updated: 15:14, Wed, Feb 18, 2026 Patients waiting for hip and knee replacements and other planned surgeries may face delays due to a shortage of medical cement. The NHS has ...

A bespoke hip implant was used to treat patient, 77-year-old Katherine Broadhurst ...

20:54, Thu, Feb 19, 2026 Updated: 20:55, Thu, Feb 19, 2026 A woman shared that she was stuck on an NHS waitlist for nearly a year after informing her GP that she was experiencing bloating and hip pain ...