British Orthopaedic Association commissioning guides

The British Orthopaedic Association have published commissioning guides for the following topics:

• Painful deformed great toe in adults
• Painful tingling fingers
• Pain arising from the hip in adults
• Painful osteoarthritis of the knee
• Low back pain
• Subacromial shoulder pain

Access the guides here.

Clinical responses to the downturn

"Seven medical specialties address how they can help tackle the NHS financial challenge."

This report examines how to release NHS resources across the seven specialties of:

• neurosurgery
• geriatrics
• vascular services
• pathology
• orthopaedics
• neonatology 
• dermatology

Clinical responses to the downturn
NHS Confederation - in partnership with British Medical Association, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, and The Joint Medical Consultative Council
December 2010

Read more here.