A digital platform with Stockport NHS input has won a national award for helping improve care for orthopaedic patients.

• 'myrecovery' platform shaped and introduced by Stockport NHS
• The platform improves access to information on orthopaedic care
• Those engaged with the platform stay in hospital for less time and are less likely to be readmitted

The 'myrecovery' platform, delivered by Greater Manchester Orthopaedic Alliance (GMOA) clinicians, aims to give patients easier access to information needed for recovery, thereby improving outcomes for hip, knee, or shoulder surgery.

Along with other trusts in Greater Manchester, Stockport has been actively involved in introducing and influencing the platform.

The platform received the 'Innovation' award at the 'Excellence In Orthopaedics Awards', which celebrate ways of transforming care for the better.

myrecovery can be accessed as an online app by patients, enabling them to find out more about their treatment and recovery as it progresses. It contains customised videos, articles, checklists, tasks and exercises which patients can access throughout their treatment and recovery.

To give an example, a patient who is waiting for joint replacement surgery will get information on how to prepare for surgery as well as a checklist of what to bring to hospital. After the operation, the app will give advice on what to expect after surgery, and exercise videos to help support their rehabilitation.

Over 5,500 patients across Greater Manchester have accessed the app since it was introduced in April 2022. A review of the initial patients using myrecovery at Stepping Hill Hospital and Wrightington Hospital has shown those engaged with the app stay in hospital for a shorter time and are less likely to be readmitted.

Professor David Johnson, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of the GMOA, said "Everyone within the Greater Manchester Orthopaedic Alliance is delighted our implementation of the myrecovery app has been recognised at the Excellence In Orthopaedics Awards.

"This smart, interactive use of technology gives our patients timely information about their condition, as they progress through their pathway and recovery. We hope many more thousands of patients across the region will benefit from this technology in the future."

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