The Hampshire Clinic, part of Circle Health Group, earned the recognition after successfully completing a national quality audit programme for its hospital.

The NJR collects and monitors orthopaedic data on the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder joint replacement in order to support patient safety, standards in quality of care, and overall value in joint replacement surgery.

The Hampshire Clinic has been named a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider. (Image: Circle Health Group)

The data is also collected to provide feedback on surgical performance to orthopaedic clinicians and joint replacement implant manufacturers. 

Heather Dob, executive director of The Hampshire Clinic, said: “The safety of our patients is our number one priority, and we are delighted that the NJR has recognised us as a Quality Data Provider.

“We fully support their work, enabling improvement in clinical outcomes for the benefit of joint replacement patients.”

The ‘NJR Quality Data Provider’ certificate scheme was introduced to offer hospitals a blueprint for reaching high-quality standards relating to patient safety and to reward those who have met the registry’s high targets in the achievement of the quality of the data collected.

The annual NJR Data Quality Audit compares the number of joint replacement procedures submitted to the registry to the number of procedures that have been carried out and recorded in the local hospital Patient Administration System.

The audit ensures that the NJR is collecting and reporting the most complete, accurate data possible in all hospitals performing joint replacement operations, including The Hampshire Clinic.

Tim Wilton, medical director of the National Joint Registry, said: “Congratulations to colleagues at The Hampshire Clinic.

“The Quality Data Provider Award received by the team at this hospital demonstrates the high standards that are being met in ensuring compliance with the registry and is a reflection of the strong departmental efforts to achieve such status.

“As well as being a fundamental driver to inform improved quality of care for patients, our registry data also provides an important source of evidence for regulators, such as the Care Quality Commission, to help to inform their knowledge and judgement about the quality of health services.”

The NJR tracks the performance of joint replacement procedures for hips, knees, ankles, elbows, and shoulders.