NHS to develop AI lab with £250m funding - Pharmaphorum

The UK government has announced £250m of funding for the NHS to set up a national artificial intelligence (AI) lab to enhance care and research. Announcing the funding, new prime minister Boris Johnson said the lab will work on ways to use AI to improve the detection of diseases and automate admin tasks to free up staff to care for patients, amongst other things. "The NHS is leading the way in harnessing new technology to treat and prevent, from earlier cancer detection to spotting the deadly signs of dementia," Johnson said. Health secretary Matt Hancock added that the NHS was "on the cusp of a huge health tech revolution that could transform patient experience by making the NHS a truly predictive, preventive and personalised health and care service". Earlier this year the Topol Review of the training needs of the future NHS workforce recommended an increase in the number of clinicians trained to use digital, AI and robotics technologies.