Mr Kosuge’s Outcomes
Data is accurate as of January 2024
National Joint Registry (NJR)
The NJR was an initiative set-up by the Department of Health in 2002 in order to collect information on all hip and knee replacements performed in England and Wales. The aim was to improve clinical standards and to benefit patients. Mr Kosuge’s surgeon-level NJR data can be accessed here. NJR data for Mr Kosuge’s NHS base (The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust) and his private base (Rivers Hospital) are also available.
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN)
Designed to help patients, the PHIN is an independent, government-mandated organisation that publishes performance and fees information about private consultants and hospitals. If you are new to private healthcare, you may find these videos helpful. Mr Kosuge’s private patients’ feedback and fees information at Rivers Hospital can be accessed here. Feedback is collected from patients who have received in-patient treatment such as a hip replacements or knee replacements.
Patient Experience Questionnaire
A valuable tool completed by patients and used to assess what patients value the most in the doctor-patient relationship. Mr Kosuge’s average scores:
Outcome - 4.1/5
Communication Barriers - 4.7/5
Communication Experience - 4.7/5
Emotions After Visit - 6.1/7
High scores represent a good communication experience, positive emotions, positive consultation outcome, no communication barriers and good relations with the doctor.
Friends and Family Test
A method adopted by NHS hospitals as a quick way of collecting patient experience data. The test can be used to assess an organisation or an individual. A clinician-based Friends and Family Test demonstrated that 1078 out of 1174 (91.8%) patients were ‘extremely likely’ to recommend Mr Kosuge to their friends and family.
Please click here to view a selection of Friends and Family Test comments left by Mr Kosuge’s patients.
Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROMs)
PROMs measure health gains in patients undergoing medical or surgical intervention. PROMs are a good indicator of the quality of care delivered and can be used to monitor patient progress over a period of time. As the name suggests, PROMs are based on patient completed questionnaires. The Oxford Hip Score (OHS) and Oxford Knee Score (OKS) are commonly used to assess quality of care in hip and knee replacements respectively. The health gain is known as the difference between the score after the operation, compared to the score before the operation - a larger health gain would suggest greater improvement following intervention. Mr Kosuge collects PROMs on all of his patients undergoing hip or knee replacements and above are summaries of his data.