Author: rhodri

The hidden cost of COVID

As the NHS in Wales deals with one of its biggest ever challenges in the form of COVID-19, Mr Williams is concerned what it means for the long term care of patients. BBC Wales Investigates those dealing with life and death situations including delay to orthopaedic elective surgery and asks if more could have been […]

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BBC News – Covid: NHS Wales routine surgery waiting list up seven times in year

The list of people waiting for routine surgery in Wales is nearly six times longer than a year ago with 57,445 awaiting an operation, figures show. The Royal College of Surgeons has called on Welsh Government to ramp up the development of so-called “green zones” or “Covid-light” areas in hospitals. These are wards with stringent […]

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New state of the art MRI Scanner at Werndale

BMI Werndale Hospital is delighted that the installation of its new MRI has been completed successfully! The Siemens Magnetom Altea 1.5 open bore system is the first of its generation in Wales and only the second installed in the United Kingdom. The Altea has optimal image quality, shorter scanning times and the atmosphere and noise […]

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Thank you Operating Department Practitioners!

Today is National ODP to recognise the profession, which is little-known outside of the medical world, but much appreciated my Mr Williams ODPs work alongside anaesthetists and surgeons to look after a patient through the phases of anaesthetics, surgery and recovery. This is picture of some of the fantastic team at BMI Werndale.

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BMI Werndale in partnership with NHS Wales to help fight coronavirus

BMI Werndale are supporting the fight against COVID-19 and have agreed a formal partnership with NHS Wales to support the national effort to tackle COVID-19 by offering all our bed capacity, facilities and staff. This agreement provides additional capacity for urgent and important treatments that normally takes place in NHS hospitals. BMI Werndale Hospital, Executive […]

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30 years of BMI Werndale Hospital

Mr Williams is proud to have contributed towards the advancing the care available at BMI Werndale by introducing robotic arthroplasty technology to the hospital. A closer look at changes over the past three decades can be seen here.

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Mr Williams publishes a plan to make efficiency savings for the NHS during periods of snow and ice

In an article written by Mr Williams and colleagues, “Increased fracture incidence in snow and ice conditions; a model for escalation.” published in the International Journal of Health Planning and Management this month, a proposal on how to deal with a surge of trauma cases during snow and icy conditions is made. Several studies have […]

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Improving errors

National guidance is in place to minimise the number of cases of surgical instruments and sponges retained in a patient post-surgery. But is the existing strategy for prevention sufficient? Mr Williams and two eminent European surgical colleagues are interviewed by George Winter for an article in the Royal College of Surgeons Bulletin for their opinion […]

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Meet the team at the Pembrokeshire Show 2019!

Meet the team at this years Pembrokeshire show. Both clinical and non-clinical staff will be at the BMI Werndale stand throughout the show to answer any queries that you may have about hip and knee replacement surgery. There will also be an opportunity to have a free health check by our qualified nurses.

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Total knee arthroplasty in patients with prior adjacent multi-organism osteomyelitis.

A recent publication by Mr Williams in Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, the official journal of the Belgian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, highlights that the presence of adjacent osteomyelitis (infection of bone) makes joint replacement challenging. However, despite being a difficult problem to manage, patients care can be optimised through a multi-disciplinary approach and surgery performed […]

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Reliability evaluation of inter-eminence line, Akagi and Dalury lines for intraoperative tibial rotation: An osteology-based study

Mr. Williams is pleased to author a paper in “The Knee”, the official journal of the British, Austrailian and German Surgical Knee Societies. Following another successful collaboration with St Georges Medical School and The Museum of London, this paper studies the usefulness of currently used landmarks and presents a new technique that surgeons can use when implanting a […]

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Are you getting enough Vitamin D?

Vitamin D is essential to maintaining good overall health, but the Welsh population may be more at risk of a deficiency due to the lack of sunlight in autumn and winter. Find out how you can keep your levels topped up and avoid a deficiency.

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Rheumatology & Orthopaedic Postgraduate Study Day

Mr Williams was delighted to have the opportunity to give a talk to GP’s from all over West Wales at the postgraduate centre in Prince Phillip Hospital recently. It was a great opportunity to discuss the challenges pertinent to the primary care environment and for Mr Williams to highlight the hip and knee replacement services […]

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