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Diagnosis: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 25728 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Preet Kaur Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the use of artificial intelligence in NHS diagnostics.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 28 Jan 2025

The deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in the National Health Service is still at a relatively early stage, with the majority of AI technologies, including diagnostic tools, being deployed in a research capacity. To address this, the Department is...