This page is about having your hip resurfacing at The Harborne Hospital, HCA Healthcare's private hospital in Edgbaston. If you are deciding where to have the operation, here is the short version.
The sections below explain what the hospital offers a resurfacing patient, what your stay looks like, and the practical details of getting here.
Hip resurfacing is planned surgery, chosen rather than forced, and where you have it is part of the decision. The Harborne Hospital is HCA Healthcare's purpose-built Birmingham hospital, designed from the ground up for private patients rather than adapted from older buildings. For someone weighing up where to have a resurfacing, that newness shows in the things you actually notice: the theatres, the rooms, the speed of getting seen, and the depth of cover behind the scenes.
None of this replaces the surgeon, who is the single biggest factor in how a resurfacing turns out. But once you have chosen your surgeon, the hospital sets the tone for the few days around your operation and the safety margin if anything is less than routine. The Harborne Hospital scores well on both.
Modern operating theatres and recovery areas built to a current private-hospital specification, not retrofitted into older wards.
X-ray, MRI and CT in the same building, so your pre-operative work-up and follow-up scans are arranged without sending you elsewhere.
Individual en-suite rooms, so you recover in your own quiet space rather than on an open ward.
Quick appointment availability and an easy Edgbaston location for patients across Birmingham and the West Midlands.
The pointThe Harborne Hospital pairs a brand-new, comfortable private setting with fast access and everything on one site, a strong fit for a planned resurfacing.
Mr Shakir Hussain holds private clinics and operates at The Harborne Hospital, and is among a small group of UK surgeons who perform hip resurfacing routinely rather than occasionally. His focus is modern ceramic-on-ceramic resurfacing, an approach that has reopened resurfacing as a credible option for active patients, including women, who were largely steered away from the older metal-on-metal designs.
He recommends resurfacing only where it genuinely suits your hip. At your consultation he examines you, reviews your imaging, and talks you through whether resurfacing, a total hip replacement, or non-surgical management fits you best, with the implant and the hospital chosen around your case. You can read more about him on the about the surgeon page, and about who resurfacing suits on the am I a candidate? page.
To judge a resurfacing surgeon on the evidence rather than reputation, the hip resurfacing overview explains what to look for, including how to read a surgeon's National Joint Registry results.
Most hip resurfacing patients stay one to two nights. You recover in an individual en-suite room, and physiotherapy begins early, usually on the day of surgery, with the exercises that protect your new resurfacing while you regain confidence on your feet. Your exact length of stay is agreed with you and depends on your fitness beforehand and how your first day after surgery goes.
Because hip resurfacing is chosen by fit, active patients, the focus is on a smooth, comfortable recovery rather than intensive monitoring. The Harborne Hospital suits that well: quiet en-suite rooms, attentive ward nursing, and full diagnostic imaging on the same site, so any check X-rays or further scans are arranged in-house without sending you elsewhere.
Routine post-operative reviews with Mr Shakir Hussain are part of your care. What recovery looks like week by week, and when you can expect to return to driving, work and sport, is set out on the procedure and patient information pages.
The implant used for your resurfacing is chosen to suit your anatomy and how active you want to be, and is agreed with you after your examination. Mr Shakir Hussain works with modern ceramic and metal resurfacing devices, including the ReCerf ceramic-on-ceramic resurfacing, the Adept resurfacing and the H1 resurfacing. The implants overview compares them in detail.
Mr Hussain is recognised by the major UK private medical insurers. Where hip resurfacing at The Harborne Hospital is clinically indicated and your policy permits, treatment is covered subject to pre-authorisation, and the paperwork is handled for you by his secretary.
Self-pay hip resurfacing at The Harborne Hospital starts from £[TBC]. This is an all-inclusive package covering Mr Hussain's surgical fee, the anaesthetist, the resurfacing implant, theatre time, your hospital stay, in-patient physiotherapy and routine post-operative follow-up. Because the implant choice and the length of stay vary from patient to patient, a precise written quotation is issued after your consultation, once the clinical plan is agreed.
Full detail on both pathways, what the package includes and how to request a written quote is on the fees & insurance page. The pre-authorisation walkthrough for insured patients is on the insurance page.
The hospital is in Edgbaston on Mindelsohn Way, beside the University of Birmingham, close to the city centre and well connected for patients travelling in from across the West Midlands. It is one of Mr Shakir Hussain's three Birmingham locations for hip resurfacing.
The Harborne Hospital is HCA Healthcare's purpose-built private hospital in Edgbaston, opened recently with modern operating theatres and individual en-suite rooms. For a planned resurfacing in fit, active patients it offers a calm, new environment, quick access to appointments and surgery, and full diagnostics on the same site.
Access is one of the hospital's strengths. New patient consultations are usually available within days rather than weeks, and surgery is scheduled at a time that suits you once you have decided to proceed. There is no NHS-style waiting list for private treatment, which is one of the main reasons patients choose to have their resurfacing here.
Mr Shakir Hussain offers modern ceramic and metal hip resurfacing implants and chooses the device to suit your anatomy and activity goals. These include the ReCerf ceramic-on-ceramic resurfacing, the Adept resurfacing, and the H1 resurfacing. The choice is agreed with you after examination and review of your imaging.
Both routes are available. Mr Shakir Hussain is recognised by the major UK insurers, and where resurfacing is clinically indicated and your policy permits, treatment is covered subject to pre-authorisation. Self-pay hip resurfacing at The Harborne Hospital starts from £[TBC] as an all-inclusive package, with a precise written quotation issued after your consultation. See the fees page for full detail.
The Harborne Hospital is on Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TQ, beside the University of Birmingham and about five minutes' walk from University railway station. It is reached by car from the A38 or Junction 4 of the M5, and free patient parking is available on Wolfson Drive, with a drop-off bay outside the main entrance.
Book an initial consultation with Mr Shakir Hussain to discuss your hip, find out whether resurfacing suits you, and decide whether The Harborne Hospital is the right setting for your surgery.
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