Mr Harvey Sandhu is a highly experienced Orthopaedic Hip Surgeon at Bath Clinic. He is also the Senior Consultant who takes the lead in the hip unit at the RUH.

Harvey came to Bath in 1999 and was appointed as a Consultant in Orthopaedics and Trauma surgery at the RUH in 2005. He has a specialist interest in complex hip and lower limb surgery, with the later including complex trauma of femoral and tibial fractures.  He is an authority on Femoral Periprosthetic Fractures around hip replacements, which he was invited to present on at a keynote lecture at The Swedish Hip and Knee Society Meeting in October 2024.

He has also set up the Metastatic Bone Disease (known more commonly as bone cancer) service in the RUH, regarded as gold standard nationally which led to him presenting this service at the British Orthopaedical Oncology Meeting in 2022.

Born in Yorkshire, as a student Harvey read medicine at Magdalene College, Cambridge and undertook specialist training in Orthopaedics and Trauma surgery in London and the South West of England. During his training, he also gained experience at some of the leading centres in North America for Orthopaedics and Trauma, including the world-renowned Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Harborview Medical Centre, Seattle, and The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.

Harvey performs a wide variety of hip procedures tailored to the individual needs of his patients. Harvey favours the Corin prothesis quoting it as one of the best. For this hip replacement, there is the option of a standard hip replacement with highly cross-linked Polyethylene, which will survive many years. Often patients will feedback that the outcome of their surgery has been life-changing, allowing them to return to everyday activities again. He has operated on thousands of hips over the years, each one treated as bespoke because no two hips are the same. Harvey is passionate about optimising outcomes in hip surgery, and is an expert in complex hip constructive revision surgery where he may even use 3D printed patient specific components. In hip replacement surgery the system of artificial implants he uses is one of the highest performing in the Joint Registry data from the UK and other countries, which assess all hip replacements used worldwide. Recent data from the Australian National Joint Registry shows this implant combination to have a 27% lower failure at 10 years as compared to other standard hip replacements.

When you meet Harvey for the first time in the consulting room, you will be welcomed by a caring, empathetic Consultant who wants to learn all about you. He will ask you lots of questions to establish your pain and your lifestyle, but most importantly he will listen to what you have to say so that any treatment solutions he offers are based on the outcome each individual is hoping to achieve. 

He is an expert at major complex and reconstructive joint replacement procedures. This includes revision surgery for patients referred with either failed or poorly working hip replacements for which he introduced ‘trabecular metal technology’ to Bath, enabling operations that were not previously possible to be performed. To date, this prosthesis is still used for revision surgery. This type of surgery may also involve reconstructing the pelvis to form a stable environment for the hip joint, delivering long-term good hip function to allow people to walk whereas they may otherwise have been wheelchair-bound. 

Harvey is always looking for ways to improve the outcomes for his patients. He finds academia both stimulating and challenging, it enables him to keep up to date in his clinical practice, especially concerning the latest published research and current evidence-based practice. He is well recognised for his expertise, and attends national and international meetings to enhance his learning and to continuously improve his practice. He is also invited to lecture regularly. Indeed as well as his attendance at the prestigious Swedish Hip and Knee Society meeting, he has also presented at the European Hip Society conference in Greece. Harvey shares his passion with new colleagues coming into the profession as he is actively involved in training Orthopaedic surgeons.

Since coming to Bath in 1999, Harvey has been overwhelmed by the support the local community has shown to him. Outside of work, Harvey is focused on his family and fitness and is a keen cyclist, cycling across Kenya for charity. Harvey is passionate about giving something back and works hard to offer support to family, friends, and colleagues. Many of whom have been his patients. As recognition of their gratitude, Harvey has received hundreds of letters and cards as a way of formally thanking him.   

Clinical Interests

• Complex reconstructive hip surgery
• Lower limb disorders
• Hip replacement surgery
• Total Hip replacement surgery
• Trauma surgery
• Hip reconstruction
• Revision Hip Surgery
• Minimally invasive hip surgery
• Periprosthetic hip fracture surgery.

Professional Memberships

• British Orthopaedic Association
• Royal College of Surgeons

What better testimonial can you ask for than having a book written about your patients journey. A patient was so inspired by her hip surgery with Mr Sandhu, that she wrote a book which she included him in, called Hip Hip Hooray!

Over the year's Harvey has received HUNDREDS of testimonials from grateful patients. These continue to land his mailbox daily.  Below are some examples:

• A huge thank you for putting me back together. I really cannot believe how my life has been completely transformed completely.
• Thank you for what you have done for me. It has improved my life no end.
• A big thank you to you and your team. I have made a full recovery and can do all the things that I used to You have made my life worth living.
• My quality of life is already much improved. Also, the lower back ache that has troubled me for many years, so far appears to have been relieved.
• Quite quickly, soon after the procedure, I was able to resume a very active life and I show no indication whatsoever of having had major surgery on my left hip. Holidays have been excellent culminating in much walking
• After many years of utter suffering in pain and immobility, you and your super team of fellow professionals have given me a new lease of life.
• Thank you for my new hip. It has enabled me to get the job of my dreams and work as a Gardner. 
• After three years of difficult pain, I am now walking freely and without pain. 
• Thank you for giving me my life ack, pain free after a hip replacement. 
• After being quite immobile, I am now enjoying swimming, tai chi, yoga exercise classes etc

I had a hip replacement carried out by Mr Harvey Sandhu... I was most impressed by all the staff that helped me. In particular the surgical staff in the theatre and Mr Sandhu himself - Google review July 2025

Had a total hip replacement.... the surgeon Mr Sandhu is a master in his field and explains everything in layman terms - Google review May 2025

I came into the clinic for a hip replacement.... Mr Sandhu was & is amazing! - Google review Jan 2025

Outstanding experience in every respect: …. but best of all was Mr Sandhu’s extraordinary skill as my surgeon for my new treasured hip! -Google review Sept 2025

Following my first consultation with Mr Sandhu which was excellent...... I have now had the operation and I was up in my feet in 12 hours. Amazing. No swelling, and no complications....... Finally, the theatre team obviously know their work inside out under Mr Sandhu the surgeon’s calm authority - Google Review Sept 2025