Patient information
Before and after your appointment
What to bring, how your surgery journey works, recovery advice, forms, fees and insurance, all in one place.
Before your consultation
What to bring
Please arrive 10 to 15 minutes early to register and complete a short health questionnaire.
Photo ID
Your insurance details and authorisation code, if insured
Your GP referral letter, if your insurer needs one
Copies of any X-rays, MRI or CT scans and their reports
A list of the medicines you take
A written list of questions you would like to ask
Need to cancel? Please call the practice at least one working day ahead so the appointment can be offered to someone else.
Your surgery journey
Five steps, one surgeon
You see Mr Morapudi at every stage, from the first appointment to your final review.
1
Consultation
A full history, examination and a clear explanation of what is going on.
2
Imaging
X-ray, MRI or alignment films when they will change the plan.
3
Your plan
Non-surgical and surgical options, with risks and benefits in plain English.
4
Surgery
At a Spire hospital, with the same surgeon from first visit to follow-up.
5
Recovery
Physiotherapy, wound checks and reviews until you are back on your feet.
After your operation
General recovery advice
You will also be given advice specific to your operation. In general:
Take pain relief as advised, with food
For 24 hours after an anaesthetic, do not drive, drink alcohol, operate machinery or sign legal documents
Use ice packs to reduce swelling, keeping the dressing clean and dry
Rest with the leg raised for the first few days, then follow your activity advice
Start your physiotherapy exercises as soon as you are advised to
Call 999 or go to A&E if you have chest pain or sudden breathlessness. Contact the hospital urgently for a fever, increasing redness or discharge from the wound, or calf pain and swelling.
Forms and downloads
Leaflets and forms
New patient registration form
Coming soon
Preparing for your operation
Coming soon
After knee replacement
Coming soon
After hip replacement
Coming soon
Home exercise sheets
Coming soon
Would you like a second opinion?
If you have been offered surgery elsewhere, send your scans and letters and Mr Morapudi will review them with you in clinic.
Have an invoice? Pay a bill online
Ready to talk about your hip or knee?
Appointments at Spire Regency, Spire Manchester and Spire Hale Clinic, usually within two weeks.