The Lister Surgicentre, located on the Lister Hospital site, opened in November 2011 and provides routine surgery and treatment to NHS patients, commissioned directly by the Primary Care Trust (PCT), NHS Hertfordshire.

BBC: Lister Surgicentre

The primary purpose is to eventually use the technology in new forms of "minimally invasive surgery, " and although the microhand is likely years away from practical use, they're already in cahoots with robotic firm to develop a "slightly larger" rendition with an onboard camera for live action video feeds.

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Friday when he got a call from a primary-care practitioner at Westchester Medical Center asking him to accept a patient transfer for emergency coronary surgery.

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The review, by the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts, concluded earlier this month that units in Leeds, Leicester and London should stop surgery because expertise was spread too thinly across the health service.

BBC: Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting