Widescale delays to hip ops ‘crushing blow’ for patients

By Jack Serle2026-02-18T15:30:00

Hospitals are being forced to postpone large numbers of hip and knee operations for the coming months after NHS England’s main cement supplier suffered a major production failure in what has been described as a “crushing blow” for patients.

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