About Us
A fast, cost effective, NHS led service providing independent analysis of explanted medical devices.
This service is delivered by NTH Solutions, a wholly owned NHS company, with revenue generated being directed towards the growth and sustainability of the service.
Affordable explant analysis
To date there has not been an easily accessible and affordable explant analysis service within the NHS, and so most explanted revised joints end up in the operating room bin. With the introduction of the NHS Implant Analysis Service, hospitals and surgeons now have access to a fast, cost effective, NHS led service.
The launch of this service enables the cost-effective analysis of explanted devices and provision of expert reports to surgeons and MDTs providing additional data to support patient reviews and insights that can inform clinical practice.
Some of the benefits of explant analysis
“In BC (Beyond Compliance) we have always thought that explant analysis of all retrieved implants, particularly if they are novel, should be undertaken. To date this has hardly happened and BC and ODEP are delighted that the NHS Implant Analysis Service is going to facilitate this essential part of implant monitoring.”
Keith Tucker,
Chair of ODEP and the Beyond Compliance Advisory Group. Autumn 2022
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Our Service Delivery Partners
The NHS Implant Analysis Service partners with suitably qualified and vetted, independent national service providers to deliver impartial expertise in explanted medical device analysis and reporting.
Our partners are sourced through established NHS competitive tendering processes, ensuring the highest levels of quality in service delivery.
“Examination of explanted joints that have failed or caused problems in the body is one of the most valuable sources of data about how and why implants fail.”
Government response to the House of Commons Science & Technology Committee report of session regulation of medical implants in the EU and UK