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Newcastle Hospitals Charity Presents event discusses impact of robotics and AI on healthcare

30th July 2024 • News
Newcastle Hospitals Charity (NHC) were joined by a packed audience for the first of the Charity’s ‘in conversation’ public events at the Freeman on 9 July 2024.
‘Robotics in Healthcare: An Extension of Excellence’ was the first in a series of ‘in conversation’ events designed to highlight and celebrate the work the charity does to support Newcastle Hospitals. Mr Andrew James Bowey, Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, and Professor Richard Brady, Consultant Surgeon – who both work at Newcastle Hospitals – spoke of their clinical experience in working with robotics and AI. Other speakers included Charlotte Fox, Business Innovation Manager at Newcastle Hospitals, and Matt Atkinson, Chief Innovation Officer at Waywark and all four speakers contributed to an insightful Q&A session with the audience. Thanks to the generosity of its supporters, Newcastle Hospitals Charity has been able to purchase two state of the art robotics systems for the Hospitals in recent months, both significantly benefiting patients and adding to Newcastle Hospitals’ pioneering robotics programme.The next NHC “Presents” event will take place in the Autumn and will focus on arts within healthcare.

Amy Mancini, Charity Events and Volunteer Manager at Newcastle Hospitals Charity, said: “Thank you to our expert panellists for their time talking about the truly captivating subject of robotics in healthcare.

“We were delighted to have such an engaged audience at the event and thank everyone for their attendance and questions. The first in our ‘Newcastle Hospitals Charity presents’ series was a fantastic success, and I am already looking forward to our next event in the Autumn.”

Newcastle Hospitals Charity goes further for Newcastle Hospitals by funding important initiatives, and by running the hospitals important volunteering service. More detail on the work of NHC can be found on the Charity’s website.

You can view a video of the discussion and photos on our website’s events page.

Photo: Barry Pells

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