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

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

Campaigners say the news is a ‘crushing blow’ to patients waiting for surgeries ...

The issue has temporarily halted production at its main site and will impact product availability for at least two months ...

The NHS says it has secured a rescue package of alternative medical cement to allow joint surgery to continue. Last week ...

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 ...

Planned hip and knee replacement operations across North Wales have been suspended due to a global shortage of bone cement, it has been confirmed. The disruption follows a manufacturing issue at the ...

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

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 ...