AI trial delivers "really impressive" reduction in A&E demand

Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group green-lit the scheme following a randomised control trial featuring around 1,000 patients treated at York Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust over the last four years. The trial used AI to identify patients, often with long-term conditions, who were at risk of an unplanned hospital admission. These patients then received coaching from nurses for up to six months to help them take greater control of their health. The trial reported a 30 per cent reduction in unplanned hospital admissions and 25 per cent decrease in planned admissions within the patient group which received the intervention, compared to the cohort which did not. The CCG will now fund health coaching for up to 1,800 patients.