Joint operations were postponed after the main supplier suffered a critical incident at its plant.

Planned surgery is being reviewed but emergency and urgent trauma operations continue as normal.

Around 1,000 operations a week rely on the product as patients are warned delays are inevitable.

Bone cement is used to anchor artificial joints and fills the space between the new joint and the patient’s bone.

The NHS has suppliers of medical cement in a move to prevent surgery delays, affected Healthcare NHS Trust patients.

Two alternative providers of medical cement, critical to trauma and elective orthopaedic surgery procedures, have been secured, the NHS has confirmed. The health service had warned last week that knee ...

Tens of thousands of Brits face having their hip and knee operations cancelled due to a global shortage of bone cement.

Scientists comment on a shortage of ‘bone cement’ disrupting NHS joint operations. Dr Alex Dickinson, Professor of Prosthetics Engineering, University of Southampton, said: What is the medical cement ...

A shortage in medical cement could lead to delays in a number of patients getting hip and knee replacements and other ...

The NHS has suppliers of medical cement in a move to prevent surgery delays, affected Wexham Park Hospital, Frimley Health Trust patients.

Biocomposites responds to NHS supply crisis by bringing forward launch of its SYNICEM™ bone cement products in the UKOver 500,000 SYNICEM™ bone ...