600 additional surgeries with new robots
One year after Barts Charity invested £7.6m in funding for Barts Health NHS Trust to expand its robotic surgery programme, East London hospitals are reaping the benefits.
Since the introduction of three additional robots in St Bartholomew’s Hospital, The Royal London Hospital and, for the first time, Whipps Cross Hospital:
- approximately 600 surgeries have been performed
- length of stays in hospital have been cut for patients – a cardiac bypass at St Bartholomew’s Hospital going from four days of recovery in the hospital to just one day
- 90% of patients at Whipps Cross Hospital are reporting positive experiences
- surgeries are taking less time – at The Royal London Hospital, some surgeries now take up to 63 minutes less, so surgeons can do more procedures
Patients across all sites are experiencing faster recovery, reduced pain and shorter stays in the hospital.
For more information see the Barts Charity website.
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