REINFORCE @REINFORCE_Study
A study into the implementation and scale-up of Robot-Assisted Surgery in the NHS. Funded by @NIHRresearch, managed by @SITU_Oxford, @UniofOxford & @AberdeenUni Oxford, UK Joined February 2022-
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Happy International Clinical Trials Day! Thanks to everyone who makes trials possible, we couldn't do it without you #RoboticSurgery #ICTD2025 #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay2025
In our final days of recruitment we've just reached over 2700 patients registered 🥳 Thanks to all our amazing sites #RoboticSurgery
We're super excited to welcome our final site @NHSBartsHealth to REINFORCE, what a great start to the year! @ThahaMo @nehasihra #RoboticSurgery 🤖
A huge welcome to Oxford Pancreas and Upper GI, the newest REINFORCE sites to open for recruitment! We're so excited you've joined the study @OUHospitals @OUH_Research @MarkarSheraz @NDSurgicalSci #RoboticSurgery 🤖
SITU-NDORMS team attending the #UKTMN2024 Annual Conference in Birmingham on Tuesday. Lots of new learnings to take forward. Huge congratulations to the @PicBone team for winning the Best Poster Prize!
We've just reached over 2000 participants recruited to REINFORCE! Massive thanks to all our sites for your contribution to this achievement 🤩🤖🥳 #RoboticSurgery
We have now reached 1800 participants! Congratulations everyone on your hard work so far, we are now at 70% of our target! #roboticsurgery 🤖
The REINFORCE study now has over 1700 recruited patients 🤩 That's over two thirds of our target! Thanks to all our amazing sites for your hard work 🤖 #RoboticSurgery
First responses received, can you find all the eggs in our Easter themed newsletter?! #RoboticSurgery 🤖
Virtual big high five 🙌 to SITU Strollers who completed OX5RUN on Sun 24 Mar & raised over £1,000 for Oxford Children’s Hospital! Thanks to all who supported oxfordhospitalscharity.enthuse.com/pf/situ-stroll…
our amazing sites are on a roll, we've just topped 1600 recruitments! Well done to all our teams 🥳🤖 #RoboticSurgery
On Sunday 24th March, the SITU team are completing the OX5RUN to raise money for Oxford Children's Hospital, who contribute to a number of our studies. If you're able, please sponsor us at oxfordhospitalscharity.enthuse.com/pf/situ-stroll… @SITU_Oxford @PicBone @ORiF_Study @TheSPELLStudy @TheROBUSTStudy
Lots of @REINFORCE_Study planning in Sydney. Wonderful to catch up with @david_j_beard and Katie Chegwin @SITU_Oxford
We are now at 1500 participants 🥳 Thank you to all of our contributing sites for your hard work so far! #RoboticSurgery 🤖
Our 14th site is now open, welcome @CwmTafMorgannwg ! Thanks for all your hard work setting up, best of luck with starting recruitment 🤖 #RoboticSurgery
1300 patients registered for REINFORCE! Well done to our fabulous sites for reaching another milestone #RoboticSurgery 🤖
Recruitment has just topped over 1,200 participants! Amazing job from all our contributing sites, another milestone complete 👏🤖 #RoboticSurgery
With January nearly over, here's the first REINFORCE newsletter of 2024 🤖#RoboticSurgery
We're starting the New Year with a new site! Welcome to REINFORCE @wrightington16 ! Thanks to @tim_n_board and the team at @WWLNHS for all your help so far, we're so pleased to be working with you in 2024 #RoboticSurgery 🤖
We did it! 1000 patients recruited to REINFORCE! Congratulations to the team at @SouthTees @TVRAResearch for registering patient number 1000 #RoboticSurgery 🤖🥳

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