Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has announced the introduction of AVITA Medical’s RECELL GO™, an innovative medical device that transforms the way burns and complex wounds are treated. This cutting-edge technology enables clinicians to create a spray of a patient’s own skin cells, significantly improving healing outcomes. The next generation ‘GO’ device is an upgrade to the previous manual device and allows for more consistent and reliable outcomes.

Traditionally, treating severe burns requires large skin grafts. The site of skin graft harvest can be painful, leave additional scars and delay recovery. Using RECELL™ means that a small sample of skin can go a long way and can reduce the need for such extensive skin graft harvest, as the spray covers a much larger area. This approach not only speeds up wound healing but also reduces hospital stay, pain, and scarring—delivering better overall outcomes for burns and trauma patients.

The RECELL technique is particularly important for patients with pigmented skin, where restoring natural pigmentation after injury can be challenging. By using the patient’s own cells in a spray, RECELL helps to achieve more natural skin restoration with better colour match.

Originally developed by renowned Australian burns surgeon Professor Fiona Wood as a manual procedure, RECELL has now evolved into ‘RECELL GO,’ making treatment even more efficient. The system prepares the cell suspension spray during surgery, reducing the risk of manual error, and freeing up a pair of clinician’s hands, whilst ensuring better consistency of the spray, with reduced overall waste. This significantly reduces variability, whilst allowing the surgical team to focus on patient care.

The first case in the UK using the next-generation RECELL GO device was successfully performed on Monday 8th December at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, marking a significant milestone in advancing burn care within the Trust and the UK. This was led and performed by their new burns and plastics consultant, Miss Nada Al-Hadithy, alongside specialist, Mr Paul Poynter-Smith.

Alexandra Murray, Consultant Plastics and Burns Surgeon and Clinic Lead for Burns at the Trust, said, "We are proud to be the first burns service in the UK to use this technology. Innovation is at the heart of improving patient outcomes, and RECELL already has a strong body of evidence to support its use. Introducing RECELL GO demonstrates our commitment to adopting technologies that make treatment faster, safer, and more effective for every patient we serve—striving for better outcomes."

Main image - Left to right: Alexandra Murray Consultant Plastics and Burns Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Burns at the Trust with Jennifer Sears Senior Plastics and Burns Scrub Nurse, RECELL GO and Elaine Thompson Joint Operations Rep

Above image: AVITA Medical’s RECELL GO™