Formation of the NAHR

The creation of a Non Arthroplasty Hip Register was unanimously supported by the Membership of the British Hip Society at the Annual General Meeting in Torquay (March 2011). The formation of the NAHR has at all times been an open process and all BHS members are encouraged to contribute and comment on any aspect of the project. The current Minimum Dataset and all Policy Documents are available for review from the documents page. Please direct comments to any member of the BHS Executive or the NAHR Subcommittee or through Claire Wilson (c.wilson@boa.ac.uk).

Scope of the NAHR

The NAHR has been set for data entry on any type of hip condition and/or surgery other than arthroplasty and the treatment of acute fracture. Data can be entered for patients who do not undergo surgery for any specific condition so that their clinical course can be followed.
Clinicians can use the Register to collect and display comprehensive outcome and audit data for all of their own patients using scores and outcome measures of their own choice. For those wanting to collect their own data tuition on how to do this will be given by Bluespier although the NAHR site has been set up to be used intuitively. More information will follow.
Alternatively clinicians may choose to facilitate only collection of the initial Minimum Data Set (as they do with the NJR) and leave the Registry to collect further outcome data. The MDS Forms will be available for printing out when the Register is launched and the clinician will merely have to arrange for someone to enter the data onto the NAHR website on their behalf.
No other clinician, including members of the NAHR Subcommittee will be able to view an individual surgeons data or outcomes. All data will be anonymised.