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New data demonstrates benefits to patients from a range of elective surgeries

Annual data for Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) shows patients who have undergone elective inpatient surgery for four common elective procedures – hip and knee replacement, varicose vein surgery and groin hernia surgery – are reporting significant health gains.

PROMs Programme began in 2009 and today’s publication of data marks a milestone. Since it began, more than one million patients have now provided information about their operations.

PROMs allow us to understand the difference that healthcare interventions make to people’s quality of life.  Read more here.

Last modified: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:08:22 BST