Hip Fracture Care for Māori patients

Professor Jacqueline Close and Associate Professor Chris Wall, Co-Chairs of the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) explore one of the key indicators of quality hip fracture care: surgery within 36 hours. Timely surgery is a cornerstone of high-quality hip fracture care, yet consistently meeting the 36-hour standard remains a challenge for many hospitals. Jacqui and Chris discuss why this benchmark matters, the evidence underpinning it, and what it takes to translate cli...

In this episode of Hipcast, we’re joined by Dr Frazer Anderson, Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Lead for the Fragility Fracture Registry NZ, who shares his research and experience working in Whangārei and across Northland in Aotearoa New Zealand. Together, we explore how geography, ethnicity, socioeconomic circumstances and cognitive impairment can influence the hip fracture journey, from initial presentation and surgery through to rehabilitation and secondary fracture prevention. Drawin...

In this episode of Hipcast, we’re joined by Dr Hannah Seymour and Dr Carla Davies, geriatricians at Fiona Stanley Hospital, alongside Pip, who shares her experience as a family member of a patient managed non-operatively after hip fracture. Together, we explore what non-operative hip fracture care looks like in practice — who it may be appropriate for, how decisions are made, and how clinicians can support patients and families when surgery is not the right path. Pip brings an important consu...

In this episode of Hipcast, we’re joined by Dr Linda Sheahan, palliative care physician and clinical ethics consultant, alongside Professor Jacqui Close, orthogeriatrician and geriatric medicine Co-Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry. Together, we explore the importance of goals of care discussions in the context of hip fracture - why they matter, when they should occur, and how they can support patients, families and clinicians during what is often a sudden and life...

In this episode of Hipcast, we’re joined by Dr Angela Sheu, Staff Specialist Endocrinologist at St Vincent’s Hospital Darlinghurst, Conjoint Senior Lecturer at UNSW, and Research Officer at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, alongside Professor Jacqui Close, internationally recognised orthogeriatrician and co-chair of the ANZHFR. Together, we unpack the updated Healthy Bones Australia recommendations and what they mean for clinicians caring for people after hip fracture. Angela and ...