Too many hospitals deliver 'outdated' hip fracture care

Too many hospitals deliver 'outdated' hip fracture care Not all patients who have fractured their hip are receiving properly planned care and rehabilitation after leaving hospital. The National Hip Fracture Database's (NHFD) 2016 annual report for England, Wales and Northern Ireland on hip fracture surgery has found that better collaboration between orthopaedic surgeons and geriatricians in coordinated hip fracture programmes has led to improved patient care in many areas, with two thirds of all hip fracture patients receiving "best practice" care in hospital. OnMedica