He's not quite out of the woods yet. Depends on his health and age. With elderly people, if they break their hip, for some reason they seem to contract pneumonia.
Having the hip replacement is usually a straight forward peocedure, but the way things are with the NHS being stretched, depends on the hospital and resources. They get you up about moving pretty quickly. Discharged ASAP.
So I'm hoping Geoff makes a speedy recovery.
I think a trip out to LOS after christmas would do him the world of good. Lets face it, Jan & Feb in the NW of England is vile.