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.
INFORMATION ABOUT HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENTS
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