The Scottish Arthroplasty Project

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Arthritis Care
Arthritis Care is the UK's largest voluntary organisation working with and for people with arthritis.

Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR)
The Australian Orthopaedic Association commenced implementation of the National Joint Replacement Registry in 1999. It was undertaken in a staged manner beginning in South Australia and then progressing through each state and territory until completion nationally during 2002.

Canadian Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR)
The Canadian Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR) captures information on hip and knee joint replacements performed in Canada and follows joint replacement patients over time to monitor their revision rates and outcomes.

The Musculoskeletal (MSk) Audit
The Musculoskeletal (MSk) Audit began in April 2009 and will provide data to complement the work of various hospital time-to-treatment teams by identifying rate-limiting steps for orthopaedic treatment.
The audit resources have been transferred from the previous successful Scottish Hip Fracture Audit (SHFA) which completed data collection at the end of 2008, providing us with experienced Local Audit Co-ordinators throughout Scotland.

National Joint Registry for England and Wales
These pages are intended for patients and members of the public who want to find out more about the National Joint Registry (NJR).

New Zealand National Joint Register
The National Joint Register was established by the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association, so that technical information about hip and knee surgery could be accurately recorded.

Health Improvement Scotland
The role of Health Improvement Scotland (HIS) is to improve the quality of healthcare across Scotland.


Norwegian Arthroplasty Register
The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register was started in 1987 on an initiative from the Norwegian Orthopaedic Association.

Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality (SASM)

The Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality (SASM) is unique in the United Kingdom. It identifies all deaths that occur in hospital under the care of a surgeon, whether an operation has taken place or not.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
(SIGN guideline 62 - Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism)


SMR data completeness
In order to make sensible use of the national SMR databases for areas such as clinical governance, performance management and outcome measurement it is necessary to take a view on the completeness of each database at regular intervals.

Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register (SKAR)
The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register.

The Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register
The Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register is a nation-wide study collecting and analyzing data about all primary total hip replacements and reoperations/revisions of hip implants performed in Sweden since 1979.

Useful Patient Information
Useful patient information on total joint replacement from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

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