Updated 20 December 2019
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is one of the largest providers of elective orthopaedic surgery in the UK and is one of five specialist orthopaedic centres. It offers three tiers of service: routine orthopaedic operations for a local population of 4 million people in Birmingham and North Worcestershire; specialist services, such as spinal surgery; and diagnosis and treatment of malignant bone conditions.
The trust specialises in planned treatments of large and small joint replacement, spinal services, orthopaedic oncology and bone infections. The hospital provides a specialist bone infection service. The hospital is one of five centres in England for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant bone tumours. The trust is one of 12 centres in England for the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas.
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital has 10 operating theatres and 106 beds across six wards, six of which are on a high dependency unit. The trust employs just over 1,000 staff, including more than 40 consultant medical staff.
(Source: Routine Provider Information Request (RPIR) – Acute context tab)