A new report on the future of planned surgery recommends that 80 per cent of all surgery should be done locally, with the remaining 20 per cent of the more complex cases taking place at specialist centres.

In his report Saws and Scalpels to Lasers and Robots - advances in surgery, the government's national advisor on surgery Professor Sir Ara Darzi sets out the changes that have taken place over the past two decades and led to a revolution in how surgery is carried out.

Read the report here

A new report on the future of planned surgery recommends that 80 per cent of all surgery should be done locally, with the remaining 20 per cent of the more complex cases taking place at specialist centres.

In his report Saws and Scalpels to Lasers and Robots - advances in surgery, the government's national advisor on surgery Professor Sir Ara Darzi sets out the changes that have taken place over the past two decades and led to a revolution in how surgery is carried out.

Read the report here