Our team is delighted to get positive feedback from a surgeon on our SPAIRE Hip Instruments!

"Back to my favourite hospital today, for another same day SPAIRE Hip Replacement. Working with the dream team again. A beautiful set of SPAIRE Instruments by Platts & Nisbett, making surgery so easy. 5* service to our patients with a 5* Hospital. It has been a good day."

We are proud to be the exclusive manufacturer of SPAIRE Hip Instruments.

Check out the SPAIRE section of our website for more details.

Our team is proud to make our Tubing Clamps for the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust! 

Great Ormond Street asked us to make them easily identifiable, to make sure these official Made in Britain, high quality instruments were always returned to the correct department. 

Platts & Nisbett always go the extra mile to accommodate these requests, and the customer was delighted with the the quality and attention to detail of our finished product. They liked them so much, they placed orders for more!

We're delighted to be chosen to make our Surgical Instruments for The David Nott Foundation.

This charity trains War Doctors; these are surgeons working in war and natural disaster zones.

Their mission is simple, "We are dedicated to delivering the specialist training that surgeons need to save lives in countries affected by conflict and catastrophe."

Platts & Nisbett surgical instruments will be used for demonstrations to train surgeons on the frontline, including in Ukraine. 

Made in Britain marks its 10 year anniversary, and we're proud to have been members from the start!

We have been family owned and established for 45 years, and Members of Made in Britain since their inception in 2012.

Thanks to all our customers for supporting British Manufacturing, in the past, present and future!

Following our support of the Government's Kickstart Scheme, we are pleased to have offered a permanent contract to an engineer, following the successful completion of their 6 month Kickstart placement!

It is great to be training surgical instrument makers of the future, and keeping traditional skills alive.

An exciting time for our company as we continue to build our team, and deliver our official "Made in Britain" surgical instruments to our UK and Worldwide customers.

Thanks to The Work-Wise Foundation for their assistance.

We're delighted to be supporting the Government KICKSTART SCHEME, and have places available for Trainee Surgical Instrument Makers!

If you're interested in learning a skilled trade which offers good long term career prospects, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

The vacancy is advertised on behalf of the GOVERNMENT KICKSTART SCHEME. If you meet the Eligibility Criteria and would like to apply, please contact your work coach at the Job Centre and quote Job Ref V0000336793

We are pleased to announce that we have been selected for appointment to the NHS Supply Chain Framework agreement for Surgical Instruments, commencing August 2021.

The framework will run for a period of two years, with an option to extend for a further two years.

Platts & Nisbett has remained open for business throughout the pandemic.

Since the first National Lockdown in March 2020, the NHS has relied on us to manufacture the Tubing Clamps needed to safely deliver ECMO Therapy to the sickest COVID-19 Patients.

We are delighted to announce that Platts & Nisbett Surgical Instruments are now available to purchase in Norway, via our distributor SCP Ortopedi.

SCP Ortopedi focus on close contact with their customers, and attach great importance to being able to provide optimal service at all times. 

They place great emphasis on maintaining an ethically high standard in sales and training, and comply with Eucomed's Code of Ethical Business Practice.

SPAIRE Hip Instruments are exclusively Made In Britain by Platts & Nisbett.

The SPAIRE technique (Sparing Piriformis And Internus, Repair Externus) involves a muscle sparing posterior approach to the hip. Fewer tendons are damaged using the SPAIRE technique than any other approach to the hip as it involves division (and subsequent repair) of only one small tendon. This technique allows patients to mobilise without any post-operative restriction to their activities.