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Francis, Nader
Shakir, Taner https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9212-1189
McLarty, Esther
Haddad, Fares
Farquharson, Adam
Garnham, Andrew
Siddiq, Somiah
Bannon, Aidan
Collins, Justin
Yassin, Nuha
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Ahmed, Shakil
Ashrafian, Leanne
Banerjee, Sas
Bowbrick, Ginny
Challacombe, Ben
Ferreira, Francisca
Ghosh, Jonathan
Harris, Matthew
Ibrahim, Ibrahim
Martin, Rebecca
McGonigle, Niall
Ninkovic-Hall, George
Selvakumar, Sadasivam
Shekar, Vinita
Sritharan, Kaji
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Article History
Received: 21 July 2026
Accepted: 15 August 2026
First Online: 29 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics statements and patient consent for publication: Not applicable.
Ethics approval: Formal research ethics committee approval was not required for this professional consensus exercise, which involved no patients or patient data; participation by professional stakeholders implied consent.
Conflict of interest: NF is the research and training lead at the Griffin Institute, which conducts robotic training courses. NY is a proctor for Intuitive Surgical, although work with the RCS is device agnostic. FH receives consultancy fees for Stryker Ltd. All other authors have no relevant competing interest to declare.
