Government to pump £50,000,000 into artificial intelligence for NHS

The NHS is set to receive millions of pounds for artificial intelligence upgrades as it works to clear a backlog of millions of cancer patients. It comes after Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted'some cancer treatment had to stop' and couldn't rule out having to cancel operations again if coronavirus cases surged. The NHS is working to clear a backlog of potentially millions of patients after either operations were cancelled or people were deterred from going to hospital as the UK entered lockdown. Cancer Research UK said as a result of the pandemic there were 2.4 million patients waiting for cancer screening, further treatment or treatment at the end of May. But the Government said a £50 million funding boost to three digital pathology centres, based in London, Coventry and Leeds, would now lead to a'faster and more accurate' diagnosis for millions of cancer patients.