Welcome

Thank you for visiting the OPAL Return to Work website.

The purpose of this website is to provide better, easier-to-access guidance for patients, their families and employers about returning to usual activities and work following hip and knee replacement surgery.

This website explains:

(1) What to expect from hip and knee replacements

(2) Guidance for returning to work following hip or knee replacement surgery and links to further support

Please use the links below to access the information you need.

WHAT IS OPAL?

INFORMATION ABOUT HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENTS

SUPPORT FOR RETURNING TO WORK


Further Information

The guidance on this website has been developed through an NHS research project funded by the National Institute for Health Research. If you have any feedback or queries please contact the South Tees Hospitals R&D team on stees.researchdevelopment@nhs.net or 01642 854089.


The OPAL team are:

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesbrough

Mr Paul Baker

Professor Amar Rangan

The University of Nottingham, Nottingham

Dr Carol Coole

Professor Avril Drummond

Dr Sayeed Khan

Dr Louise Thomson

York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, York

Dr Catriona McDaid

Professor Catherine Hewitt

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich

Mr Iain McNamara

Scottish Government Health & Social Care Directorates

Mr David McDonald

British Orthopaedic Association Patient Liaison Group

Mrs Judith Fitch