National Joint Registry for England and Wales 2nd Annual Report | September 2005 …realising the potential National Joint Registry for England and Wales 2nd Annual Report | September 2005 Prepared by The National Joint Registry (NJR) Centre Peoplebuilding 2 The Royal College of Surgeons Peoplebuilding Estate Clinical Effectiveness Unit Maylands Avenue Jan van der Meulen Hemel Hempstead HP2 4NW James Lewsey England Sarah Hardoon Website: www.njrcentre.org.uk & Helpline: 0845 345 9991 The NJR Centre, Harwell Fax: 0845 345 9992 Fiona Davies, Martin Pickford, Holly Firmin, Leigh Email:
[email protected] Mapledoram, Claire Newell, Sandra Hasler, Ian Calcutt, Lee Sims, with support from the rest of the ISSN 1745-1442 NJR Centre team & The NJR Editorial Board for the 2nd Annual Report Paul Gregg Martyn Porter Tim Wilton Colin Thomson Andy Crosbie Mick Borroff John Timperley Peter Howard Mark Noterman Jan van der Meulen Fiona Davies National Joint Registry for England and Wales 2nd Annual Report | September 2005 …realising the potential Foreword As Chairman of the NJR Steering Committee, it much appreciated. This project has been carried is my pleasure to present the 2nd Annual Report through with enthusiasm and dedication by AEA covering the calendar year 2004. This is a year Technology plc and I record my thanks to them. that has seen a significant increase in the Bill Darling submission of completed records. During the Chair, NJR Steering Committee 2004 data collection period1, a total of 93,885 submissions were received, an average of 7,824 procedures per month compared to an average It gives me great pleasure to join Bill Darling, of 5,200 per month for the 2003 data collection again, in presenting the 2nd Annual Report of period.