A small group with deep registry experience, proposing policy to the rest

Keith Tucker MB, BS, FRCS is a retired general Orthopaedic surgeon whose practice included patients with a wide range of spinal problems including scoliosis disc problems and degenerative disease. He also undertook children’s orthopaedics and both hip and knee replacement surgery.

He was involved with setting up the National Joint Registry of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. He has been the chair of ODEP (Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel) since its inception in 2002 and the Beyond Compliance Advisory Board since 2012.

He is a member of NORE (Network of Registries of Europe) and past board member of ISAR (International Society of Arthroplasty Registries). To date he has organised 3 international conferences for AI in MSK and is currently preparing AI25. His research interest includes using machine learning in the early prediction of failing Hip Replacements and Knee Replacements besides investigating its use in the prediction of the course of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

He is the author of the fracture and orthopaedic sections of the textbook "Essential Surgery" (Elsevier).

Oge Swaby MSc, is a Principal Business Consultant at NEC Software Solutions, specialising in health informatics with a focus on health registries. With over 20 years of experience in the public sector, she manages multiple customer accounts and collaborates at a senior level with public and private healthcare providers, including industry stakeholders, hospitals, clinicians, and regulators across the UK, Europe, North America and Australia.

She is responsible for managing a number of national and International registries, of which include the Spine Registries that are operated by NEC software solution. Her passion lies in supporting and developing high-quality, sustainable health registries that leverage Real World Data. This focus enhances the assessment of treatment outcomes and effectiveness, ultimately improving patient care.