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Aim of the Scottish Arthroplasty Project
The Scottish Arthroplasty Project (SAP) aims to encourage continual improvement in the quality of care provided to joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty) patients. This is currently achieved through the auditing of routinely collected SMR01 national data in Scotland.
SAP provides feedback to orthopaedic consultants in three ways:
- Consultants are sent a list of arthroplasty patients recorded as undergoing joint replacement surgery under their care, so that the consultant can check that the right information has been submitted to SAP.
- An annual report is produced, which includes national information about the number of hip and knee joint replacements being performed and information
- SAP's work is discussed at the Scottish Committee for Orthopaedics and Trauma (SCOT) and new developments are presented to orthopaedic surgeons at the annual SCOT meeting.
Metal on metal Hip Resurfacing Questionaire
Form for Investigation of revised Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing
New Developments
Scottish Joint Registry:
In order to further encourage the continual improvement in the quality of care provided to Arthroplasty patients, the committee members of SAP are working to set up the Scottish Joint Registry (SJR). SJR’s aim is to collect additional information about hip and knee replacement procedures. This will include detailed information about the types of prosthetic joint implants used and information relating to patients’ clinical care during theatre. This type of information is currently not routinely collected in Scotland. More information about the SJR can be found here.
2009 SAP Annual Report
Additional Information
The most recent Annual Report was published 26th May 2009. Key points from the report are detailed in the new developments section.
All previous reports are available to download here.
Patient Information Leaflet:
New for 2008, information from the SAP annual report will soon be summarized in a leaflet designed to provide arthroplasty information that is specifically relevant for patients