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 at an NHS Board level.
• 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.
The Scottish Arthroplasty Project has been under review recently. Although it has been decided that the Project is to continue, the hiatus in the review period means that 2011 information will now be summarised in next year's 2012 report rather than published separately. Regular data and information will still be published on the Scottish Arthoplasty Project website.
Scottish Arthroplasty Project Annual Report 2010
The most recent Annual Report is published 26th Oct 2010. Key points from the report are detailed in the new developments section.
All previous reports are available to download here.