Your treatment and care begin as soon as you meet with one of our consultants. They are specialists in their field, meaning you can feel reassured and confident in your treatment.
Orthopaedics and spinal care
We know how important your mobility is. We're here to help with treatment for acute injuries as well as chronic orthopaedic and spinal conditions. We offer consultant appointments within 24 hours and, if you need a scan, we can arrange for you to have one on the same day to save time.
Our experience tells us one size doesn't fit all - you can be sure we've seen it all, from sports injuries to complex spinal conditions. We treat individuals, not cases - our services covers all ages, including children and teenagers.
Specialist fields of orthopaedics
To get you back to doing the things you love, we ensure you receive expert consultants who are specialists from across 10 different orthopaedic fields.
- Spine
- Foot and ankle
- Hip and pelvis
- Peripheral nerve
- Knee
- Sports and exercise medicine
- Shoulder and elbow
- Hand and wrist
- Trauma and rehabilitation
- Paediatric orthopaedics
Orthopaedic treatment and care
Specialist fields of Orthopaedics
To ensure you receive expert, fully personalised treatment, our orthopaedic consultants are specialists across 10 orthopaedic fields.
About Orthopaedics at HCA UK
This is your guide to private orthopaedic treatment at HCA UK. Here you can find out more about our service and the care you’ll receive should you decide to choose us for your treatment.
Support services
To ensure the highest standard of care, our consultants are supported by state-of-the-art facilities and expert teams including ITUs and orthopaedic nurses and radiologists.
Orthopaedic imaging
We offer the full range of diagnostic imaging in over 20 locations. Scans can be arranged for the same day as your consultant appointment and all images are reported on by a musculoskeletal radiologist.
Hospitals, clinics and centres
Orthopaedic services are available at seven hospitals across London, in Cheshire and the West Midlands. You can have your consultant appointment at more than 10 outpatient centres.
Find the right orthopaedic care for you
Our orthopaedic specialists are experts in treating all types of injury and joint or muscle pain. Whether you have an acute sports injury, chronic back pain or are experiencing ongoing joint discomfort, our specialist consultants are focused on improving your everyday quality of life. Across our locations, we'll connect you with a consultant relevant to your condition, whether that's a soft tissue specialist or a specific joint or spinal specialist.
Orthopaedic conditions
Spine
Your spine is complex, made up of 33 individual bones that provide structure and protect your spinal cord. Our multi-disciplinary approach means all our patients, from children to adults, get the expertise of a whole team.
Hip and pelvis
As soon as a hip joint starts to cause pain, our natural reaction is to avoid using it. This can put extra strain on other parts of your body, such as the lower back or knee, causing new problems. We've given many patients a new lease of life with surgery.
Knee conditions
Whether the result of a bad twist, a fall, or wear and tear over time, we see all types of knee injury. We can help you get back on your feet with treatments from meniscus and ligament repair to partial and total knee replacement.
Exceptional clinical leadership
To get you back to doing the things you love, we offer you orthopaedic leading capabilities. You can find the right treatment for your orthopaedic related condition. Our services include:
- Scoliosis & Spinal centres for adults and children
- Bone Sarcoma clinic
- Peripheral Nerve Injury unit
- Sports and exercise treatment at the Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health (ISEH)
- Orthopaedic and neurological rehabilitation centres
We’re home to highly specialist surgical consultants who are supported by orthopaedic clinical nurse specialists and theatre teams, musculoskeletal radiologists, physiotherapists and nutritionists.
Orthopaedic patient stories
Back on track: How surgery helped a visitor from America get free from pain
Brandon Zuck had just arrived in the UK from America. It was the beginning of a holiday he’d been looking forward to, a chance to catch up with friends, a little sightseeing. Needless to say, a complex surgical procedure was not on the must-do list.
"I took an eight-hour flight to the States ten days after spinal surgery"
After suffering months of discomfort, Sara’s lower back and shooting leg pain became so excruciating she could barely stand, and was diagnosed with a slipped disc. Her consultant referred her to Mr Irfan Malik, a highly experienced consultant neurosurgeon at The Harley Street Clinic who could perform endoscopic ‘keyhole’ spinal surgery.
Sarah-Jane’s return from knee injury
It was when she slipped on the dancefloor at an office party that 38-year-old Sarah-Jane finally realised something wasn’t right with her knee. A keen skateboarder and tennis player, Sarah-Jane had always led an active lifestyle, but never thought much about injuries.
The best orthopaedic care with HCA UK
Services stretch from the north at The Wilmslow Hospital in Cheshire to The Lister Hospital in Chelsea in south-west London, with The Portland Hospital dedicated to the care of children’s joints, including the spine.
We have spinal units at The Wellington Hospital, London Bridge Hospital and The Princess Grace Hospital in London, and we’ve recently extended our spinal and orthopaedic service to the West Midlands at The Harborne Hospital.
By growing specialist services across our expanding network of facilities, we're helping more patients every year. We see a variety of sports injuries and, with dedicated sport and exercise professionals as well as specialist orthopaedic consultants at our hospitals, we're able to offer a wide range of treatments, including non-surgical options.
Meanwhile, for those that do require repair or reconstruction surgery, our highly skilled consultants have access to state-of-the-art technology to perform procedures such as minimally invasive and robotically assisted surgery to ensure a rapid recovery.
Book your appointment
Booking an appointment with us couldn't be easier. You can call, or book using our online consultant directory.
If your treatment is going to be covered by private medical insurance, we'll need your insurance member number and authorisation code, so you'll need to have them to hand along with your referral letter.
We'll do everything we can to confirm your consultation there and then but, if that's not possible, we'll get back to you with a phone call or email within 24 hours.