The board of Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) has shared a series of updates around digital, including on AI, automation, and its EPR, alongside the approval of its latest digital, data, and technology strategy to 2030.
Focus areas for the next five years include the consolidation of systems into a single EPR platform, the use of AI and automation, the development of a digital front door, data science, cyber-safe infrastructure, a digital- and data-driven culture, and digital inclusion.
Building on digital health and data science principles, the organisation aims to use predictive analytics to identify at-risk groups and enable proactive care interventions; harness real-time data to track patient journeys and focus-in on evidence-based interventions; use new tech like AI-driven imaging and smart devices to accelerate care pathways and enhance productivity; and leverage cloud computing and paperless workflows to reduce carbon footprint.
The trust sets out in the strategy an aim to complete the transition to a single EPR by summer 2028, adopting a two-phased approach, and working with organisations on the same platform to share learning, resources, and knowledge to encourage benefits from “a collaborative approach with economies of scale across the NE&Y region”. It is hoped that the EPR will improve overall digital maturity, with the ambition to achieve HIMSS Stage 5-6 in terms of adoption and benefit delivery by 2030.
Robotic process automation is already in use at MYTT, the board shares, where it is automating repetitive, rule-based tasks across the organisation. By deploying onto a unified West Yorkshire platform, it hopes to standardise and scale this automation for appointment scheduling and coding, promoting efficiency and consistency, and freeing-up staff time. Tools like CoPilot will be implemented to minimise admin workload for all staff roles, it continues, whilst AI algorithms and behavioural analytics will offer insights for clinicians to make more accurate diagnoses and tailor treatments to individual needs.
Data, analytics, and AI will be used to support and inform the delivery of proactive and personalised care, with statistical analysis to support decision-making, and with the trust to become a “fully data connected trusted system partner” by 2030. Data will be hosted in cloud, and a core data science function will be developed, MYTT states. A centre of excellence will be launched, with aims to achieve HIMSS Analytics Maturity Assessment Model Stage 5/6 through use of AI, intelligent automation, predictive analytics, machine learning, and innovation.
The board also shared updates around AI use and future plans, noting a broad range of AI use cases from “transactional use” in CoPilot to an AI tool to analyse chest X-rays, a blood test used to generate a cancer risk score, and a tool enabling rapid analysis of CT scans to detect stroke-related brain injuries and support “prompt” treatment decision making.
In a document titled “AI in the NHS: Turning vision into practice”, the trust shares current work to support AI adoption, including a MYTT innovation team acting as a point of entry for those looking to collaborate, an AI roundtable to identify short- and long-term enablement needs, and a staff-led AI working group focusing on supporting safe and ethical adoption. An accessible AI policy is in development, it states, capable of adapting to the evolving AI landscape and supporting staff to understand and use AI effectively.
Wider trend: Strategy and future outlook from across the NHS
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust have published a joint Digital and Data Strategy for 2026 – 2031, aiming to transform the model for mental health, learning disabilities and autism, and to introduce a new operating model underpinned by digital and data. An interoperable EPR, a digital front door, the use of AI and automation, modern data platforms, remote monitoring, NHS App use, regional data interoperability, and the decommissioning of legacy systems, are all key objectives aligning with the wider Greater Manchester ICB Digital Transformation Strategy, the trusts state.
At its latest meeting, the board of London Ambulance Service shared updates on a range of digital and data programmes underway across the trust, looking at patient outcomes, core infrastructure modernisation, AI and automation, ePCR, and ambient voice technology. A key strategic highlight offered by the board is the transition of the My Clinical Feedback digital product, co-designed by the trust to allow paramedics to receive structured feedback on patient outcomes following conveyance, into a national Federated Data Platform product. The trust has led on successful implementation across London, and will continue to act as the national reference site during national rollout in 2026/27.
University Hospitals of Liverpool Group is seeking feedback on its five-year strategy developed using population health data – “a once in a generation opportunity to make bold changes and transform patient care for the future”. As well as focuses on partnerships, research and innovation, and attracting and retaining “the brightest and best people” to drive care, the strategy sets out a series of plans for digital and data. The cornerstone of these plans will be the procurement of a single EPR, the group states, along with the development of a shared digital infrastructure with simplified digital systems and reduced logins.
