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Alternative bone cement sourced to avoid delays to surgeries
The NHS secured two alternative bone cement supplies after a packaging fault halted its main supplier, ensuring roughly 10–12 weeks of stock for over 850,000 patients on joint surgery waiting lists.
- NHS Supply Chain secured two clinically assured bone cements, Zimmer Biomet High Fatigue G and Johnson & Johnson CMW Smartset GHV Gentamicin, with a 10 to 12 weeks' supply already in the country, according to NHS England.
- Heraeus Medical halted production last week after a packaging fault and critical machine failure, causing a two months disruption and a six to eight-week supply gap, officials said.
- More than 1,000 operations a week use the cement, and Fergal Monsell of the British Orthopaedic Association said: `The alternative bone cement has been widely used since 2008` to reassure patients.
- Wigan patients can breathe a sigh of relief after the NHS secured two alternative suppliers and officials said they would contact patients with cancelled operations to reschedule soon.
- Securing alternatives positions the NHS to avoid the estimated six to eight-week gap caused by global supply issues affecting NHS's main provider, preserving tens of thousands of hip or knee replacements each year.
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Great Yorkshire RadioAlternative bone cement sourced to avoid delays to surgeries
The NHS's main provider of bone cement, Heraeus Medical, suffered a packaging fault last week which temporarily halted production and caused an expected disruption to supply of at least two months.
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