AI tech use by NHS to be sped up with £50m investment

NHS patients will benefit from new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies thanks to a £50 million boost. A range of AI-powered innovations which can analyse breast cancer screening scans and assess emergency stroke patients will be tested and scaled. Take-home technology could also see patients given devices and software that can turn their smartphone into a clinical grade medical device for monitoring kidney disease, or a wearable patch to detect irregular heartbeats, one of the leading causes of strokes and heart attacks. The award is managed by the Accelerated Access Collaborative in partnership with NHSX and the National Institute for Health Research. The package also includes funding to support the research, development and testing of promising ideas which could be used in the NHS in future to help speed up diagnosis or improve care for a range of conditions including sepsis, cancer and Parkinson's.