For Hip and Knee Replacement

If you have been listed for hip or knee replacement, please watch the below video.

Our SWATT team was started in 2005 and has evolved since then. Initially it was a group of nurses and physiotherapists helping patients to recover at home after their surgery. Now it is expanded to oversee the entire patient journey, from the time the patient is put on the waiting list for surgery until they are recovered in their own home.

If not already done, please complete the SWATT Questionnaire.

There are three resources to help you prepare and then recover from your hip replacement surgery.

The first is an education class presentation which will guide you through the entire journey and is a MUST WATCH.

To support this there is the ‘Your Personal Guide to Hip Replacement Surgery’ booklet.

Lastly, there are also bite-size video clips which you can go to as many times as you need. These videos will be most appropriate at various time throughout the journey.

  1. The Education Class is for people who are about to undergo a hip replacement. It lets you know what to expect from the beginning to the end of your journey. Please watch this with a relative or a friend who will be supporting you around the time of your surgery. View the Education Class.
  2. Your Personal Guide to Hip Replacement Booklet which will be sent to you in the post, or alternatively you can view the Guide to Hip Replacement booklet.
  3. Video Clips
    We have created a series of short video clips which follows your hip replacement journey from beginning to end. Please watch these at your leisure and refer back to them at the relevant stage of your journey. If you can bring in a portable computer/tablet, it would be helpful to watch these again whilst in hospital. Although we would like you to watch all the videos before your surgery date, they have separated into pre, during and post your hospital admission. The Orange videos cover the time between now and your admission to hospital. The Yellow videos relate to your hospital stay. And finally, the Green videos guide you through your rehabilitation after you leave the hospital.

Orange videos:

Yellow: Hospital stay videos

Green: Rehabilitation after you leave the hospital

There are three resources to help you prepare and then recover from your knee replacement surgery.

The first is an education class presentation which will guide you through the entire journey and is a MUST WATCH.

To support this there is the ‘Your Personal Guide to Knee Replacement Surgery’ booklet.

Lastly, there are also bite-size video clips which you can go to as many times as you need. These videos will be most appropriate at various time throughout the journey.

  1. The Education Class is for people who are about to undergo a knee replacement. It lets you know what to expect from the beginning to the end of your journey. Please watch this with a relative or a friend who will supporting you around the time of your surgery. View the Education Class.
  2. Your Personal Guide to Knee Replacement Booklet which will be sent to you in the post, or alternatively you can view the Guide to Knee replacement booklet.
  3. Video Clips
    This series of short video clips follows your hip replacement journey from beginning to end. Please watch these at your leisure and refer back to them at the relevant stage of your journey. If you can bring in a portable computer/tablet, it would be helpful to watch these again whilst in hospital. Although we would like you to watch all the videos before your surgery date, they have been colour coded to show which videos are most important for which stage of the journey you are at. The orange videos cover the time between now and you’re your admission to hospital as you prepare for your admission in hospital. The yellow videos relate to your hospital stay and these videos particularly would be useful to watch again during your stay. And finally, the green videos guide you through your rehabilitation when you have left the hospital.

Please start these only when advised to by the SWATT team or your physiotherapists.

Orange: Your admission to hospital

Yellow: Your hospital stay

Green: Rehabilitation after you leave the hospital

SWATT Telephone Number: 01926 495 321 Extension: 6838
The answerphone for the SWATT office is checked regularly during office hours which are 8am to 4pm.
SWATT Mobile Number: 07785 314564
SWATT e-Mail: swat.team@swft.nhs.uk

Other useful contact numbers

Greville Ward: 01926 495 321 Ext: 6067 / 6068
Beauchamp Ward: 01926 495 321 Ext: 6432
Bookings Office: 01926 600 036
Preoperative Assessment Clinic: 01926 495 321 Ext: 4148
Physiotherapy Department: 01926 600 818 (Option 5)
Orthopaedic Outpatient Appointments: 01926 495 321
Millbrook Healthcare (for the return of equipment): 0333 321 8986

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