Musculoskeletal
Overview
ABHI Musculoskeletal brings together orthopaedics encompassing joints, and spine. Together with stakeholders, including clinicians and patient support groups, we work to shape and improve the future of musculoskeletal care.
Leadership
Orthopaedics
- Chair - Paul Gibbons, Corin Group PLC
- Vice Chair - Karen Hughes, Stryker
Spine
- Chair - Kate Windard, Nuvasive.
- Vice Chair - Kate Rivers, ZimVie
Achievements
- Good relationship established with the executive of the British Orthopaedic Association and various patient organisations.
- COVID-19 has presented some challenges, but the orthopaedics project has helped in this area of “shaping the environment”. The group was reformed to focus on the effect of COVID-19.
- A strong industry voice established when working with our stakeholders, including United Kingdom Spine Societies Board/BritSpine, National Joint Registry/Northgate and Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel /Beyond Compliance Steering group.
Priorities
- To raise the profile and address the implication of arbitrary restrictions placed on patients needing musculoskeletal services.
- To ensure the appropriate environment for the spinal and orthopaedics industries to work with the NHS in a safe and compliant method.
- To strengthen the industry voice in our relationships with our stakeholders and patient groups.
Useful Resources
Click here to view the latest updates, minutes and future meeting dates for the group.
To join the ABHI Orthopaedics and/or Spine group, contact judith.mellis@abhi.org.uk
“Engagement with the group has enabled collaboration to tackle the issues of the day as an industry, rather than just being a lone voice. It has provided education and insight from specialists who understand processes and systems better than me. Engagement with key stakeholders has been richer and quicker as a group than as an individual.”
Jeff Stonadge, Zimmer Biomet
