Robots controlled by healthcare assistants will deliver babies

Robots could soon be used to carry out C-sections and slice off skin cancers, experts say. And robots are expected to become so sophisticated surgeons can take a backseat and even healthcare assistants will be able use them. The use of robotics and recording people's DNA will bring a'watershed moment' for medicine in the next 20 years as they make surgery safer. Doctors will also be able to diagnose illnesses like cancer before they destroy organs and, as a result, operations will be smaller scale and less traumatic, an independent commission has predicted. A report published today said medicine is'on the cusp' of a digital breakthrough and new machines could be in NHS hospitals as soon as next year.