Service: Virtual Fracture Clinic (VFC)

A1 – Soft Tissue Ankle Injury

Date: 31/10/2023 | Category:

Healing: This normally takes approximately 6 weeks to heal. Smoking will slow down your healing. We would advise that you stop smoking while your injury heals. Talk to your GP […]

P1 – Greater Trochanter Fracture

Date: 31/10/2023 | Category:

This is a break at the top of your thigh bone near the hip. Healing: It normally takes 12 weeks for this injury to heal. Smoking will slow down your […]

S2 – Primary Shoulder Dislocation

Date: 13/09/2023 | Category:

This is when your shoulder comes out of joint About your injury: A shoulder dislocation can cause damage to the muscles around the shoulder called the rotator cuff. This is […]

E6 – Proximal Radius Fracture

Date: 13/09/2023 | Category:

This is a break to a bone in your elbow Healing: It normally takes 6 weeks for this fracture to heal. Smoking will slow down your healing. We would advise […]

Virtual Fracture Clinic (VFC)

Date: 30/06/2021 | Category:

What is the Virtual Fracture Clinic (VFC)? The VFC has been designed to give better quality for patients.  Across the country fracture clinics used to see every patient. For some […]