Trust mark significant milestone after performing 1,000th robotic- assisted prostatectomy

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating a major milestone, having completed its 1,000th prostatectomy using the cutting-edge da Vinci Xi robotic-assisted system at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital.

- By Chris Boden Contributor

This achievement highlights the Trust's continued commitment to advancing surgical care for patients with urological cancers and marks another important chapter in its journey as a leader in robotic-assisted surgery.

The Trust's robotic surgery journey began in May 2017, when it became the first hospital in the North of England—and only the third in the UK—to receive the da Vinci Xi surgical system.

This milestone was made possible through the hard work and enterprise of a few consultants, the vision of the Trust's Executive team, and substantial funding from the Rosemere Cancer Foundation, which contributed an extraordinary £1.25 million to the project.

By 2020, the team had already surpassed 1,000 robotic-assisted cases across its Royal Preston and Chorley Hospital sites, with landmark procedures including the first robotic-assisted upper gastrointestinal robotic tract surgery in the North West.

In 2020, a second da Vinci Xi robotic system was installed in the Chorley Elective Surgical Hub.