This page is about one thing: having your hip resurfacing at the Woodlands Suite, the private patient wing of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. If you are weighing up where to have the operation as much as whether to have it, here is the short version.
The sections below explain why the setting matters for resurfacing specifically, what your stay looks like, and the practical details of getting here.
Most private hip surgery in the UK happens in general private hospitals, where orthopaedics shares the building with many other specialties. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is different. It is a single-specialty hospital, which means almost everyone passing through its theatres and wards is there for a bone or joint problem. For a routine operation that distinction matters less. For hip resurfacing, it matters more.
Resurfacing is not a smaller version of a hip replacement. The femoral head is preserved and reshaped rather than removed, the components must be positioned accurately, and the margin for error is narrower. Results track closely with how often the surgeon, and the team around the surgeon, do the operation. A centre where that experience is concentrated is a sensible place to have it done.
Theatres, scrub teams and anaesthetists who work with hip and knee patients every day, not occasionally between other specialties.
Physiotherapists who treat joint-replacement patients all day and start you moving on the day of surgery.
If a question ever arises, the breadth of orthopaedic expertise on a single campus is unusual outside a handful of UK centres.
X-ray, MRI and CT on the same site, so pre-operative work-up and follow-up scans are arranged without sending you elsewhere.
The pointThe Woodlands Suite gives you a private setting wrapped around a hospital that does almost nothing but bone and joint surgery, well matched to a procedure that rewards experience.
Mr Shakir Hussain is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. He is among a small group of UK surgeons who perform hip resurfacing routinely rather than occasionally, and he sees private resurfacing patients through the Woodlands Suite. His private patients use the same theatres as his NHS list, with the same orthopaedic-trained teams alongside.
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 will only recommend resurfacing where it genuinely suits your hip; where it does not, he will say so and talk you through the alternatives. You can read more about his background on the about the surgeon page, and about who resurfacing suits on the am I a candidate? page.
If you want to see how to judge a resurfacing surgeon on the evidence rather than on reputation, the hip resurfacing overview explains what to look for, including how to read a surgeon's National Joint Registry results.
The Woodlands Suite is a purpose-built private wing with individual en-suite rooms, so you recover in your own space rather than on an open ward. Most hip resurfacing patients stay one to two nights. Your exact length of stay is confirmed with you and depends on your fitness beforehand and how your first day after surgery goes.
Recovery begins quickly. On-site physiotherapists who work only with bone and joint patients will have you standing and walking, usually on the day of your operation, and will set out the early exercises that protect your new resurfacing while you build confidence. Because imaging sits on the same campus, your check X-rays and any follow-up scans are arranged in-house rather than at a separate clinic.
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 Woodlands Suite 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 Woodlands Suite 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 sits on Bristol Road South in Northfield, about seven miles south of Birmingham city centre, and is well placed for patients travelling in from across the West Midlands and beyond. The Woodlands Suite is within the ROH campus and signposted from the main entrance.
Hip resurfacing is one of the more technically demanding hip operations, and outcomes are closely linked to how often the surgeon and the wider team perform it. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is a single-specialty centre: its theatres, scrub teams, anaesthetists and physiotherapists work with bone and joint patients every day rather than across many unrelated specialties. For a procedure where preparation of the femoral head and accurate component positioning matter, that depth of orthopaedic-specific experience is reassuring.
Mr Shakir Hussain offers modern ceramic and metal hip resurfacing implants and selects 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 right choice is agreed with you after examination and review of your imaging.
Yes. Self-pay hip resurfacing at the Woodlands Suite starts from £[TBC] as an all-inclusive package covering the surgeon's fee, anaesthetist, implant, theatre time, your hospital stay and routine follow-up. A precise written quotation is issued after your consultation, once the implant and clinical plan are agreed. Insured patients are also welcome, subject to pre-authorisation. See the fees page for full detail.
Yes. Modern ceramic-on-ceramic resurfacing has reopened resurfacing as an option for women, who were largely steered away from older metal-on-metal designs. The single-specialty setting and Mr Shakir Hussain's resurfacing focus make the Woodlands Suite a suitable place for women considering ceramic hip resurfacing. There is more on the hip resurfacing for women page.
Most hip resurfacing patients stay one to two nights. On-site orthopaedic physiotherapists begin mobilising you on the day of surgery, and your length of stay is confirmed with you based on your fitness and how your recovery progresses. Imaging and follow-up are arranged on the same hospital site.
Book an initial consultation with Mr Shakir Hussain to discuss your hip, find out whether resurfacing suits you, and decide whether the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is the right setting for your surgery.
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