@REINFORCE_Study

A study into the implementation and scale-up of Robot-Assisted Surgery in the NHS. Funded by @NIHRresearch, managed by @SITU_Oxford, @UniofOxford & @AberdeenUni

 Oxford, UK
Joined February 2022
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SITU-NDORMS team attending the #UKTMN2024 Annual Conference in Birmingham on Tuesday. Lots of new learnings to take forward. Huge congratulations to the @PicBone team for winning the Best Poster Prize!
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Virtual big high five 🙌 to SITU Strollers who completed OX5RUN on Sun 24 Mar & raised over £1,000 for Oxford Children’s Hospital! Thanks to all who supported oxfordhospitalscharity.enthu…
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Lots of @REINFORCE_Study planning in Sydney. Wonderful to catch up with @david_j_beard and Katie Chegwin @SITU_Oxford
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Celebrating 75 years of @NHSEngland in our SITU meeting yesterday. Big shout out to all the patients, clinicians and staff who make all the research possible. #NHS75 @OCTRUctu @NIHRresearch @ndorms
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Surgery used to be a prolonged event for most people with days in hospital, extensive scarring and long recovery times. Now up to 75% is carried out through day surgery, and over 100,000 procedures have been performed using surgical robots over the last four years.
Two images stacked on top of each other. The top image is a surgical robot and the bottom image is of a doctor standing next to a surgical robot. Text overlay reads: 109,106 procedures have been performed using surgical robots over the last four years.

ALT Two images stacked on top of each other. The top image is a surgical robot and the bottom image is of a doctor standing next to a surgical robot. Text overlay reads: 109,106 procedures have been performed using surgical robots over the last four years.

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Great to be with @CV_UHB colleagues today celebrating their 100th Robotic case at UHW using the @CMRSurgical Versius system. Congratulations to the gynaecology oncology and colorectal teams. Amazing achievement. @TorkiJ @CMRLizzy @jzm0ja @Aarti2008 @drsadiejones @lshubwales – at Cardiff, Wales
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Careful consideration of design of the evaluation of innovative technologies is critical. @david_j_beard discussing the REINFORCE study as an example of a service delivery oriented intervention and the complex systems it sits within. #SCT2023 w3.abdn.ac.uk/hsru/REINFORCE…
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..it’s all about the knees. Promoting research studies at #BASK2023. @PashionStudy #gekotrial @REINFORCE_Study @SITU_Oxford @OCTRUctu
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@REINFORCE_Study looking forward to working with you in the New Year. Have a lovely break @NNUHResearch
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Real-world evaluation of robot-assisted surgical services. The REINFORCE study on #ISRCTN by @Reinforce_study @NIHRresearch @SITU_Oxford @ndorms @UniofOxford @AberdeenUni isrctn.com/ISRCTN18320267 #clinicaltrials
This study aims to work out if robot-assisted surgery (RAS), a relatively new development, should be routinely available in the NHS and also assess any barriers to its implementation. Over the next 20 years, surgery performed with the help of a robot is expected to increase rapidly around the world, especially for cancer conditions. Previous research shows that when RAS has been introduced in some clinical areas, like urology, it can help surgeons be more precise and can reduce a patient’s hospital stay. Using RAS may also speed up training for surgeons to enable them to become experts more quickly. However, RAS has not been tested in all clinical areas and is very expensive with each robot costing over £ 1 million). Also, when RAS is introduced into hospitals it requires special consideration as the set-up can be disruptive. It is not yet clear whether the benefits to patients or the health system of doing surgery this way is worth the cost and the disruption.

ALT This study aims to work out if robot-assisted surgery (RAS), a relatively new development, should be routinely available in the NHS and also assess any barriers to its implementation. Over the next 20 years, surgery performed with the help of a robot is expected to increase rapidly around the world, especially for cancer conditions. Previous research shows that when RAS has been introduced in some clinical areas, like urology, it can help surgeons be more precise and can reduce a patient’s hospital stay. Using RAS may also speed up training for surgeons to enable them to become experts more quickly. However, RAS has not been tested in all clinical areas and is very expensive with each robot costing over £ 1 million). Also, when RAS is introduced into hospitals it requires special consideration as the set-up can be disruptive. It is not yet clear whether the benefits to patients or the health system of doing surgery this way is worth the cost and the disruption.

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Findings from our study investigating how #RoboticSurgery #RoboticAssistedSurgery is introduced into the healthcare system and the #NHS have been published in @PLOS @MarionKCampbell @david_j_beard @GilliesKatie @EilidhMDuncan journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…

Barriers and enablers to the effective implementation of robotic assisted surgery

Background Implementation of Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) is complex as it requires adjustments to associated physical infrastructure, but also changes to processes and behaviours. With the global...

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Day 2, Cakes 4. The SITU team celebrating #ICTD2022
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