Surgery

6 days ago

Youngest known patient undergoes awake craniotomy

Tilly has become the youngest known patient in the world to undergo an awake craniotomy.

6 days ago

20 Jul 2026

Chris Rao, colorectal consultant and surgeon at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. Rao is sat in front of a hospital bed with the robot arms simulating an operation on a prop. Rao is wearing a white fabric scrub cap with his name stitched on it in yellow and purple. He is wearing burgundy scrubs and is smiling at the camera. The robot has four arms with metal long and thin rods manoeuvring the prop.

First robot surgeries carried out at city hospital

The trust says the technology allows surgeons to be more precise and helps patients recover quicker.

20 Jul 2026

15 Jul 2026

Catherine Turnbull is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a pale blue t-shirt and dark framed glasses. Catherine has short light brown hair. She has some bushes behind her with are slightly out of focus.

'I dreaded bedtime before new sleep apnoea treatment'

Swindon's Great Western Hospital is one of five trust offering a new treatment for sleep apnoea.

15 Jul 2026

14 Jul 2026

Frome and East Somerset MP Anna Sabine. She has shoulder length blonde-brown hair. She is wearing pink lipstick, a light green t-shirt and thick hooped earrings. There are books on a shelf behind her.

Somerset MP Anna Sabine loses voice after surgery

Anna Sabine was having a lump removed from her thyroid when a nerve to one of her vocal cords was cut.

14 Jul 2026

13 Jul 2026

A medic wearing blue surgical scrubs and a head covering is sitting at a screen which shows an operation. He is holding two controls to direct the operation.

Robot gives surgeons a helping hand in first op

Surgeons hail "major milestone" as first operation using robotic arm is completed in Cornwall.

13 Jul 2026

2 Jul 2026

Sam Naylor smiling up at the camera. She has sunglasses on her forehead and red hair with a fringe.

'Chronic back pain put my life on hold - now I have hope'

Sam Naylor, whose active lifestyle has been impacted by back pain, has surgery that could cure it.

2 Jul 2026

30 Jun 2026

A woman in her 50s is sat on a garden bench with a fence behind her. She has mid length brown hair in a bob hair cut, and is wearing a white top with a silver necklace. She has a passive expression.

Months of pain after wrong hip component implanted

A woman from Cornwall had to have a second operation to correct the error.

30 Jun 2026

27 Jun 2026

Professor Christopher Balogun-Lynch, sitting in a room, looking off to the right. He has a suit on, with a white shirt, blue tie, black jacket with a yellow rose on his lapel. He has short dark hair and has a moustache.

Tributes paid to pioneering gynaecological surgeon

Prof Christopher Balogun-Lynch was "pivotal" in the development of Milton Keynes University Hospital.

27 Jun 2026

A general view of South West Acute Hospital. The building is modern and has a copper-clad and glass front. A sign with the name of the hospital is on the top of the copper cladding in white letters. A silver car is passing by in the foreground, while bare trees without leaves are also visible.

Staff concerned hospital arrangements 'not safe', says watchdog

The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority carried out an unannounced inspection at the South West Acute Hospital between November 2025 and February 2026.

27 Jun 2026