One in four NHS prostate cancer units shut One in four NHS prostate cancer units have closed in the last seven years because they could not afford expensive surgical robots - despite claims the machines are unproven.
A report in the Lancet Oncology journal warns 16 hospitals in England stopped offering prostate surgery because patients want to be treated by a robot instead of a surgeon.
The study found they were losing patients to richer, larger hospitals, usually in big cities, which could afford the latest £1.5million surgical robots.
The researchers, led by experts at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and King's College London, warn there is no evidence these robots actually improve care.
Yet patients are increasingly choosing to travel miles from their home to access the treatment. The Daily Mail
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A report in the Lancet Oncology journal warns 16 hospitals in England stopped offering prostate surgery because patients want to be treated by a robot instead of a surgeon.
The study found they were losing patients to richer, larger hospitals, usually in big cities, which could afford the latest £1.5million surgical robots.
The researchers, led by experts at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and King's College London, warn there is no evidence these robots actually improve care.
Yet patients are increasingly choosing to travel miles from their home to access the treatment. The Daily Mail
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