Written questions

Health Services: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 59910 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that non-deterministic outputs from AI tools used in (a) diagnostics and (b) treatment planning can be (i) explained and (ii) validated.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 Jun 2025

In the United Kingdom, the majority of artificial intelligence (AI) products being used in health and social care are regulated as medical devices. This means they are subject to stringent safety, performance, and efficacy requirements, primarily set out ...