Mr John Machin
MA(Oxf), MBBS, FRCS(Tr&Orth), PGC
Consultant Hip and Knee Orthopaedic Surgeon ​
Professional Expertise
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Hip pain
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Hip replacements including direct anterior approach, posterior approach and complex replacements
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Revision of infected, loose or painful hip replacements (re-do surgery)
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Knee pain
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Knee surgery
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Knee replacements
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Daycase unicompartmental knee replacement
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Revision of infected, loose or painful hip replacements (re-do surgery)
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Arthroscopic knee surgery including meniscal surgery
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Lower limb trauma surgery
About Mr John Machin
John is a Consultant Hip and Knee Surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital who has a high-volume specialist practice focusing on primary and revision hip and knee surgery, arthroscopic knee surgery and lower limb trauma.
John’s patient centred approach allows him to tailor each patient’s care to their specific needs to ensure they receive the best evidence-based treatment. John has experience in both computer navigation and robotic surgery. He also offers direct anterior approach to the hip which provides a muscle sparing approach that leads to reduced scar tissue, faster recover and less post-operative pain.
John was awarded an honours degree in Medical Sciences from Magdalen College, Oxford, and completed his clinical training at University College London. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England having undertaken his higher surgical training on the prestigious Nottingham rotation. John has completed the following internationally renowned fellowships: Complex Joint Reconstruction (Hip and Knee) at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Hip and Knee Surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and Major Trauma at King’s College Hospital, a level 1 trauma centre in London. John has also carried out travelling fellowships at world-renowned centres in North America including visiting Dr Daniel Berry at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester and Dr Wayne Paprosky and Dr Craig Della Valle at Rush University Medical Centre, Chicago.
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Contributions to medicine
John is passionate about a technology, innovation and a data driven approach to healthcare. He is a national clinical lead for Litigation at Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), a national programme for improving patient care across the NHS which is based at NHS England (the management arm of the NHS) and the Department of Health and Social Care. John works with Professor Tim Briggs (National Director for Clinical Improvement and Elective Recovery) and NHS Resolution to ensure patient care is improved from reviewing clinical negligence claims. John has also been involved in many of the GIRFT clinical workstreams across both medical and surgical specialties having co-authored and contributed to over 40 national reports, including Getting It Right First Time – National Review of Elective Orthopaedics and Getting It Right in Orthopaedics – follow-up report and the Chavasse Report on improving armed forces and veteran care. John has also provided input to the NHS Patient Safety Strategy.
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John is responsible for publishing a range of scientific papers spanning clinical research, quality improvement and learning from clinical negligence. John presents regularly at national and international meetings.
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John takes a pioneering approach to improving patient safety and care. He is on the advisory board for CORESS, which is a charity managing a national reporting and learning system to confidentially share lessons learnt from unexpected and adverse incidents in surgical practice adopting a similar safety model to the aviation industry.
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John is the orthopaedic representative for the national medical advisory group of the Nuffield Health charity, previously completing a tenure as the Associate Medical Lead for Clinical Effectiveness and Outcomes working across all the group’s hospitals nationally.
