I joined as Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at James Paget 11 years ago and it has been my home since. I am very grateful to all the staff, my patients, families and communities who have supported me in the journey to make improvements in delivery of patient care both at colorectal and general surgical areas.  

To improve further, we need Surgical Robot  which provides greater precision,  better 3 dimensional views and greater degrees of instrument tip movement during surgery using smaller cuts in the tummy performed by trained surgeons and nurses. The benefits are bigger than laparoscopic surgery which I use at present. The recovery is quicker and complications are less. For cancers there is less risk of recurrence and survival is longer. Many of our patients for example in urology will be able to receive their surgery at Paget closer to home with out having to travel further away. Most of the other Hospitals in UK and our neighbouring Hospitals are already using this state of the art technology and we are already behind. This will help to provide excellent care to our patients. This little video illustrates some benefits 

https://www.jpaget-charity.org.uk/appeal/surgical-robot-appeal

We need a lot of money to buy this but with your support and generosity, if we work together even impossible becomes possible. We are asking help form everyone. Thank you all for your generosity!