National adoption of robotic-assisted surgery in the United Kingdom: a decade of growth, distribution and speciality trends (2014–2024)

The UK has undergone significant increases in robotic capacity and experienced a tenfold increase in procedures over the past decade, with rapid diversification of platforms and specialities. We did not find that this expansion had adverse impacts on procedural volumes. These data provide a comprehensive national benchmark and highlight challenges in equality, training and health-system planning that are relevant internationally. We recommend the urgent creation of a national registry to support safe implementation and training in RS.