Ronan Treacy became a consultant at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in 1994. With more than 11 years experience with metal on metal hip resurfacing devices, Ronan Treacy has performed approximately over 2500 Hip Resurfacings. He now performs 450 Hip Resurfacings per year, in addition to other hip surgery. 

The Priory Hospital is part of BMI Healthcare, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with nearly fifty hospitals nationwide performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country.

The Priory Hospital has 110 beds with all rooms offering the privacy and comfort of en-suite facilities, satellite TV and telephone. The hospital has six theatres, nine bed day care unit and a six bed intensive care unit.

These facilities combined with the latest in technology and on-site support services, enable consultants to undertake a wide range of procedures from routine investigations to complex surgery.

This specialist expertise is supported by caring and professional medical staff, with dedicated nursing teams and Resident Medical Officers on duty 24 hours a day, providing care within a friendly and comfortable environment.

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital prides itself in being one of the best providers of specialist orthopaedic services in the country.

With a long history of Orthopaedic care in Birmingham, its reputation has spread and is now an internationally recognised centre of excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of bone and soft tissue cancers.

The hospital has a modern Research and Teaching Centre with a library, lecture theatre and seminar rooms within the grounds. There is a new X-ray department with a state of the art imaging facility.

The hospital itself is in pleasant wooded grounds about five miles south west of the City centre. It is about a mile away from the University and from Selly Oak Hospitals.

There are twenty six consultant orthopaedic surgeons working at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. Six surgeons are involved at the University Hospital Trauma Unit to varying degrees. The five Children's orthopaedic surgeons participate in a trauma rota at the Birmingham Children's Hospital. The surgeons are grouped into clinical teams for Orthopaedic Oncology, Spinal Surgery, Hand Surgery, Arthroscopy, Joint Replacement Surgery and Children's Orthopaedic Surgery.

The Droitwich Spa Hospital is part of BMI Healthcare, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with nearly fifty hospitals nationwide performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country.

The Droitwich Spa Hospital has 36 beds plus a 10-bedded short stay unit . All rooms offer the privacy and comfort of en-suite facilities, satellite TV and telephone. The hospital has three theatres, an endoscopy suite and a high dependency unit.

These facilities combined with the latest in technology and on-site support services, enable its consultants to undertake a wide range of procedures from routine investigations to complex surgery. This specialist expertise is supported by caring and professional medical staff, with dedicated nursing teams and Resident Medical Officers on duty 24 hours a day, providing care within a friendly and comfortable environment.

A city that oozes style, culture and charm - welcomes visitors with more pride than ever before. Vibrant and cosmopolitan you will discover everything you want in a city: scintillating shopping, the £500 million Bullring development and iconic Selfridges building has confirmed Birmingham's reputation as the regional shopping capital. A World class culture, staging more national and international sporting championships, the UK's finest concert venue- Symphony Hall and the most popular exhibition centre in Europe -The NEC.

• The population of Birmingham is nearly 1 million people; 6 million people live within 50 miles of the city
• 21.5% of the population of Birmingham are classified as ethnic minorities
• The people of Birmingham are known as Brummies
• The city puts on the third largest St Patrick's day parade in the world, next to Dublin and New York
• 80% of the land area in the West Midlands is classed as rural
• There are suburbs in Birmingham called California, Hollywood and Broadway
• Birmingham has the UK's largest National Sealife Centre which incorporates the world's only 360 degree transparent tunnel so you can stand suspended in mid-ocean
• Birmingham is home to the Balti, a spicy, aromatic Kashmiri dish, with over 100 Balti houses attracting over 20,000 visitors per week