I chose Practice Plus Group in Shepton because they had an ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating. This realisation gave me the impetus to seek a private initial consultation. I knew that waiting 12 months would weigh heavily on my mind and my way of life and that my physical and mental health would suffer as a result. The waiting list on the NHS was about 12 months. My GP advised that I needed a total hip replacement, with an X-ray confirming the diagnosis. “It’s only retrospectively one realises how much pain curtails your activities.” Ian Keys, Practice Plus Group hip patient I talked to family and friends and, as a result, I decided to do something about it in June 2022. It’s common for people to find work-arounds for these issues, and often it’s only retrospectively one realises how much the pain curtails your activities.
So keen are we that we volunteered with ‘Shepton Walks’, a local organisation that promotes Shepton as a great place for country walks.īut the hip pain meant serious walking was out of the question and it began to affect my physical and mental health. My wife Amanda and I love to walk – we moved to our house in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, because it was so close to the Mendip Hills, and we walked an average of five miles a day. This got progressively worse and by May 2022, walking and night pains had become severe both in my hip and immediately under my knee. I began experiencing left hip pain in the autumn of 2021. Home Knowledge Hub Shepton walker rambles on with new hip Search Practice Plus Group Search Case Study Shepton walker rambles on with new hip 15 February 2023 We deliver high-quality care to both private and NHS patients and you can choose to be treated in any one of our 10 hospitals or surgical centres. Find them all here.įrom our GP surgeries to our hospitals, we deliver flexible, accessible and innovative care to patients. We deliver a comprehensive range of affordable private medical treatments. We have 10 hospitals and surgical centres across the UK, offering various treatments and procedures.
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