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Fri24Apr2026
Surgeons respond to study finding widespread cancellations and postponements of NHS elective surgery
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Thu23Apr2026
Surgeons warn next Welsh Government must act as patients in Wales wait too long for surgery
Surgeons have warned that patients in Wales are still waiting too long for surgery, as the latest NHS waiting times data – the last to be published before the Senedd election on 7 May – highlights the scale of the challenge awaiting the next Welsh Government. -
Mon20Apr2026
NHS robotic surgery rollout is a “postcode lottery”
Patients face a postcode lottery in accessing robotic-assisted surgery on the NHS, new analysis by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has revealed. Published today at the Future of Surgery Festival (20-21 April), the data – the first publicly-available national picture of how surgical robots are being used across England – shows that, despite national guidance from NHS England, there are major differences in how the technology is funded, distributed and used across NHS trusts in England.