Lawrie, LouisaGillies, KatieDuncan, EilidhDavies, LorettaBeard, David JCampbell, Marion2022-09-012022-09-012022-08-29Lawrie, L, Gillies, K, Duncan, E, Davies, L, Beard, D J & Campbell, M 2022, 'Barriers and enablers to the effective implementation of robotic assisted surgery', PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 8, e0273696. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.02736961932-6203ORCID: /0000-0001-7890-2854/work/118591668ORCID: /0000-0001-5386-4097/work/118592253ORCID: /0000-0002-1009-9732/work/118592258https://hdl.handle.net/2164/19127Acknowledgements We thank the participants - specialty leads, surgeons, scrub nurses, the anaesthetist, policy makers/commissioners and industry representatives - for their time, energy and invaluable insight to assist this research. We also thank Jared Torkington, Arul Immanuel, and Richard Kerr for providing a clinical review of the work prior to submission. Funding: MKC and DB were funded via an unrestricted grant (https://www.intuitive.com/en-gb) awarded by Intuitive Surgical (European Research Board). The funder had no role in the conception, design, conduct, analysis, or interpretation of the study.21772390engR MedicineSupplementary InformationRJournal article10.1371/journal.pone.0273696178