Getting hands-on experience of brain surgery in the operating theatre is hard for medical students, says Alex Alamri, a surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust. Virtual reality is on the brink of changing ...

Scalpel. Retractor. Sutures. The equipment that surgeons use hasn't changed significantly for many decades. However, if one trial is anything to go by, clinicians could soon be taking ...

NHS bosses were today accused of treating a Shropshire town's hospital as "second class" after its operating theatre was shut down indefinitely. NHS bosses were today accused of treating a Shropshire ...

“When you’re in the operating theatre, you already have a better idea of where to go because you’ve had this visualisation. That’s crucial, because people’s bodies aren’t all like they are in ...

We’ve all seen the TV dramas – Grey’s Anatomy, ER, Casualty, Holby City – and most of us like to think we have a pretty good idea of what happens in an operating theatre. The doctors and nurses will ...

Last month, St George’s Hospital - one of the biggest in the UK - opened their new hi-tech Hybrid Operating Theatre, where state of the art imaging could mean less invasive surgery and safer ...