Health insurance
If you wish to see Miss Gill privately this can be arranged via your private health insurance. You will need to contact your insurer to gain their permission to be seen, they will then issue an authorisation code which you will need to provide to us before we can book you an appointment.
Self pay
If you don't have private insurance in place, don't worry. You can see Miss Gill on a self pay basis by contacting her secretary directly, the contact details can be found at the bottom of this page. We will advise you of the cost of the consultation itself and any likely imaging that may be required. If you are happy to go ahead, we will book you an appointment for clinic.
If you wish to see Miss Gill via the NHS you will need to see your GP first for an assessment. Your GP may then decide it is appropriate to send a referral letter to the Royal Surrey. Miss Gill also runs clinics at Haslemere Hospital.
Recent news and events
At the Guildford Hip and Knee Clinic we have been very busy over the last few weeks.
27th Feb-1st March 2019 - Miss Gill travelled to Nottingham to attend the British Hip Society annual conference. Hip surgeons from across the country meet to hear the results of the latest scientific and clinical research and to share experience and ideas.
13th March 2019 - Miss Gill provided an evening educational event for local GPs at the Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital.
14th March 2019 - The Nuffield Health Guildford hospital hosted an event for members of the public to come and hear Miss Gill talk about the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of common causes of hip and knee pain. The evening finished with an animated open question and answer session.
17-18th March - Miss Gill took a multidisciplinary team from the Royal Surrey County Hospital to Northumbria to observe first hand a service providing daycase hip and knee replacements. This is a flagship service and one that Miss Gill is in the process of replicating locally in Guildford..... watch this space, exciting times! **UPDATE The fast track arthroplasty service is now up and running and is available at The Royal Surrey, Mount Alvernia and Guildford Nuffield Hospitals **
27th March 2019 - BMI Mount Alvernia Hospital, GP educational meeting with Miss Gill as one of the guest speakers.
30th April 2019 - Daycase hip and knee arthroplasty study event, London. sponsored by Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams (QUIST)
1st & 2nd June 2019 - Women's Open Keelboat Championships (WOKC), Hamble River Sailing Club, UK. Miss Gill was part of an all female yacht racing crew taking part in this annual event organised by the Magenta Project.
17 & 18th June 2019 - Joint replacement, Champions Meeting, Heathrow.
24th July 2019 - Miss Gill hosted an evening patient event at the Guildford Nuffield hospital. She spoke about the diagnosis of hip and knee pain, the evening also provided more detail about the fast track hip and knee replacement process.
25th July 2019 - **First daycase total hip replacement performed at the Royal surrey** Miss Gills first patient to have a total hip replacement and be discharged home on the day of her surgery is recovering well. The patient expressed a wish not to be kept in overnight and Miss Gill was very happy to safely discharge her home 7 hours after her surgery.
9th-11th Sept 2019 - British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) Annual Congress, Liverpool.
Fast-track hip and knee replacements
The first Fast track hip and knee patients have had their surgery, the majority were discharged home the day after their joint replacement. Here is just one communication release from the Royal Surrey.
''Spring is certainly here and change is in the air at Royal Surrey. I have been really excited to hear about work being done by Kate Gill, Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, and anaesthetic colleagues Sam Huddart and Nial Quiney on a new procedure for fast-track hip and knee replacement for patients. This incredible work means that patients are able to go home the day after surgery for what has in the past been a four-day hospital stay. Kate and her colleagues are hopeful that some patients may soon get home on the same day as their surgery. But thanks to the work of Kate and colleagues the first few patients were on their feet by 5 pm having gone to theatre in the morning.
This approach, which involves a more targeted use of anaesthetic, allowing quicker mobilization and recovery alongside a multi-disciplinary approach to recovery and after care, means a reduced hospital stay for patients and ability for them to recover in their own home which has a number of benefits for them and the NHS……….a big well done to Kate and all involved."
Louise stead, CEO Royal Surrey County Hospital
