The Scottish Arthroplasty Project

National Reports

The Scottish Arthroplasty Project produces a range of reports for both the public and the Orthopaedic community including national reports, quarterly listings and ad hoc reports.
The national reports produced by SAP includes information about how many hip and knee replacements are carried out each year, how many operations surgeons are performing per year, and information about the number of patients experiencing complications following their hip or knee surgery.

Scottish Arthroplasty Project Report

The 2023 report (external link) was published on Tuesday 12 September 2023 on the Public Health Scotland website.

The 2022 report (external link) was published on Tuesday 13 September 2022 on the Public Health Scotland website.

The 2021 report (external link) was published on Tuesday 14 September 2021 on the Public Health Scotland website.

Previous Report

ePublication Scottish Arthroplasty Project Report 2020 (ReadyMag)

Dashboard

View the report in the Tableau™ dashboard

To download a PDF of the report:
1 - Go to the bottom of the Tableau tab and select the download button (second last icon on the bottom right hand corner)
2 – Select PDF
3 – In the ‘Include’ section select ‘Specific sheets from this workbook
4 – Click ‘Select All’ followed by ‘Create PDF
5 – Once the PDF has been generated click the ‘Download’ button

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Publication Summary Scottish Arthroplasty Project Publication Summary 2020
Scottish Arthroplasty Project Health Board Responses to 2020 (2019 data) outlier letters in PDF format
Health Board Responses to 2020 (2019 data) outlier letters

Published 22 February 2021

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