Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_9217

Internal Reference Number: FOI_9217

Date Request Received: 10/02/2026 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 04/03/2026 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Robotic-Assisted Surgery

Request Category: Companies

 
Question Number 1:
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide the following recorded information relating to robotic-assisted surgical platforms currently available within your trust.

For each robotic-assisted surgical platform currently available within your trust, please provide:

• Manufacturer

• Model

• Date acquired or first brought into service

• Whether the platform is owned, leased, rented, or accessed via another arrangement
 
Answer To Question 1:
Manufacturer: CMR Surgical
Model: Versius V-ss-100 robot
Purchased Feb 2023 and is owned
 
Question Number 2:
For each platform listed above, please specify the surgical specialties that use it.
 
Answer To Question 2:
General, Urology and Gynae
 
Question Number 3:
For each platform, please provide the recorded source(s) of funding used to acquire or access it (e.g., trust capital, charitable funding, lease payments, donations, managed service agreements, third party funding arrangements).
 
Answer To Question 3:
Trust capital
 
Question Number 4:
Where charitable or philanthropic funding contributed to the acquisition or access arrangements for any platform, please provide

• Name of the charitable organisation(s)

• Amount contributed by each

• Date the funding was received or allocated
 
Answer To Question 4:
n/a
 
Question Number 5:
Please provide the recorded annual cost of:

• Maintenance or servicing

• Consumables (if recorded separately)

• The funding source(s) used to meet these costs (e.g., trust budgets, charitable sources, managed service contract, warranty)
 
Answer To Question 5:
Maintenance From Contract Years 2 through to Contract Year 7 £100,000 per annum - Paid through Revenue

Consumables based on minimum procedures - £590 per procedure for the duration of the contract - Paid through Revenue
 
Question Number 6:
For each platform, please confirm whether it was acquired via an NHS Supply Chain framework or another procurement route, as recorded.
 
Answer To Question 6:
Yes, NHS Supply Chain Framework Agreement for the supply of Robotics Medical Equipment and Associated Services (“Framework Agreement”)
 
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