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Artificial Intelligence: General Practitioners

Commons · Question 89010 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

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Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's press release entitled AI to cut paperwork to free up doctors’ time for patients, published on 16 August 2025, if he will publi

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 24 Nov 2025

The Department does not maintain statutory definitions of “medical expert” or “full review”. For the purposes of the press release issued on 16 August 2025, “medical expert” refers to a registered healthcare professional with relevant clinical expertise w...