Two new orthopaedic surgeons will increase the total to four

ocial Care last year agreed to expand the number of orthopaedic consultants in the island from three to four. He will start on 19 June.

Mark Webber will also be joining as a full-time surgeon, replacing Patrick Armstrong, who left the island in December and whose role has been filled by a locum since.

The two appointments come at a time when the island is struggling to cope with an increasing demand for orthopaedic surgery.

Just last month, MSG and HSC announced that 13 patients awaiting urgent and complex operations were to be sent to the UK for their procedures.

The waiting list has risen to eight months for those needing lower-limb procedures.

Due to the increasing demand for procedures in Guernsey in recent years, a review by the Royal College of Surgeons in 2012 recommended an expansion of the MSG's orthopaedic department from three consultants to four.

The MSG has said previously that the additional surgeon would help balance the workload.

He is a lower-limb specialist currently working at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

He was closely involved in the design and implementation of a pathway to perform unicompartmental knee replacements as day case procedures and that successful pilot study led to the Royal Cornwall Hospital becoming the first unit in the UK to adopt this as routine practice.

Mr Bradley undertook his medical training at St Bartholomew's & The Royal London School of Medicine and his specialist training at a number of UK hospitals including Queen Mary's University, London, the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital and the North and South Devon District Hospitals.

He is an upper-limb specialist and will be coming to Guernsey from the Trafford General Hospital in Manchester.

He undertook his medical training at Victoria University in Manchester and St Andrew's University in Scotland and carried out his orthopaedic training in Fife, Scotland, and the north-west region, including the teaching hospitals around Manchester.

Mr Webber has 17 years' experience at consultant level and has also lectured students at Salford University and Manchester University.

In his sub-specialty of shoulder surgery, he uses the latest techniques of arthroscopic and open surgery as well as arthroplasty surgery and reconstruction of soft tissue.

He is very experienced in the management of complex injuries and uses plastic surgical reconstructive techniques that he has modified and developed during his orthopaedic career.