Robots could free up a million NHS days by completing pesky admin tasks, Health Service suggests

Robots and AI could save a million NHS working days a year and free staff to focus on care, a blueprint for the Health Service says. Technological improvements could mean that frontline workers would no longer have to waste as much time on administrative tasks, Ministers say. The blueprint claims'robotic process automation' could handle back-office tasks up to ten times faster than humans, saving 30 per cent in costs and with fewer errors. It is one of the reforms in the NHS workforce plan, which the Government hopes will save taxpayers £10 billion. The 15-year scheme sets out radical measures to plug a deficit of up to 360,000 NHS staff by creating an army of junior and apprentice roles, and speeding up clinical training.