NHS hip and knee operations threatened by bone cement supply shortage
Campaigners say the news is a ‘crushing blow’ to patients waiting for surgeriesA shortage in medical cement could lead to delays in a number of patients getting hip and knee...
By PA Media · The Guardian World
Campaigners say the news is a ‘crushing blow’ to patients waiting for surgeries A shortage in medical cement could lead to delays in a number of patients getting hip and knee replacements and other pre-planned surgeries, experts have said. There is a global supply issue from the NHS’s main provider of bone cement. Continue reading...