NHS England has published guidance for integrated care boards around assessing the effectiveness of information and using it insightfully to streamline performance and support continuous improvement. The guidance highlights the role of using information in this way to enable ICBs to meet statutory duties, detect early warning signs around quality […]
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Great Ormond Street Hospital to expand trial of ambient AI to 5,000 patients across healthcare settings
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has shared plans to expand its pilot of ambient AI to 5,000 patients from a range of different healthcare settings across London, following testing in 100 outpatient appointments. The TORTUS assistant automates the process of note-taking during patient appointments, using ambient voice technology and generative […]
HDR UK introduces new features in updated version of Health Data Research Gateway
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) has introduced a new version of its Health Data Research Gateway, with updated features including smart search and linked resources designed to “empower the research community and accelerate scientific discovery for public benefit”. Initially launched in 2020, the Gateway aims to streamline the process […]
Ali Parsa launches AI company Quadrivia and personal clinical assistant tool for beta testing
Quadrivia, an AI company set up by Ali Parsa founder of Babylon Health, has launched in beta a personal clinical assistant tool Qu, designed to support clinicians across the “full stack of routine clinical and administrative tasks” as well as patient interactions, continuous monitoring, decision-making and chronic and post-operative care. […]
NHS England shares roadmap for Organisation Data Service and planned projects for delivery to 2024/25
NHS England has published a roadmap for the Organisation Data Service (ODS), sharing what has been delivered to date and planned changes to June of 2025, with the main objectives of delivering a “single source of truth” for organisation reference data, continuous data enhancements, an agile response to “the changing […]
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology highlights growth opportunities, challenges, and priorities for UK AI assurance market
The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has published a report examining the UK’s AI assurance market, looking at the current landscape, opportunities for future market growth, and potential government actions required to support this “emerging industry”. The report begins with a ministerial forward from Peter Kyle, the secretary […]
Somerset NHS FT publishes AI Policy; covering safe integration, ethics, legal responsibilities, yearly reviews
In a LinkedIn post yesterday, Andy Mayne, chief scientist for data, operational research & artificial intelligence at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, shared the trust’s final version of its AI policy, focusing on the need for safe integration and an approach balancing innovation with ethical and legal responsibilities. Ensuring that the […]
VR treatment for patients with psychosis to be piloted at South West London and St George’s
A hypnotherapy-based virtual reality treatment is to be piloted at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, with aims to help ease symptoms including hallucinations and delusions in patients with psychosis. The VR headsets will be used in the trust’s rehabilitation wards to support patients in engaging […]
NICE launches reporting standards and tool for evaluations of AI technologies
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has launched a new reporting standard designed to help improve the transparency and quality of cost-effectiveness studies of AI technologies, in a move it hopes will “help healthcare decision-makers understand the value of AI-enabled treatments” and offer patients “faster access to […]
Scalpel AI raises £3.8m to expand surgical instrument tracking and validation platform
London-based Scalpel AI, combining computer vision and machine learning to identify and track surgical instruments, has raised £3.8 million in a funding round designed to help the company scale its global operations and roll out its technology across the healthcare supply chain. Scalpel AI’s tech generates a digital twin for […]
