 The United Kingdom's first prostate cancer operation using a hand-held robot was undertaken at the hospital in March 2012.The Duchess of Gloucester officially opened a new medical and surgical centre built at a cost of £20 million in October 2017.Claire Foy, the Golden Globe Award winning actress and star of Netflix series The Crown and the BBC miniseries Wolf Hall, was born at the hospital in 1984 and England under-21 footballer Tom Ince was born at the hospital in 1992.