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Doctors could be sued for AI mistakes, NHS warned
The Medical Protection Society warns doctors risk becoming a 'liability sink' for errors made by clinical AI tools unless UK law is overhauled to share blame.
505,000 NHS staff to get Microsoft Copilot to cut admin
NHS England will give 505,000 staff Microsoft 365 Copilot after a trial found it saved 43 minutes a day, with full rollout expected by October 2026.
Cambridge trials 'world-first' AI-designed vaccine
Cambridge researchers have trialled in humans a vaccine whose key component was designed entirely by AI, aiming to protect against whole families of coronaviruses.
One in seven UK adults using AI chatbots instead of seeing a GP
A King's College London poll of 2,000 UK adults finds 15% have used AI chatbots in place of a GP visit, with NHS waiting lists driving the shift.
King's College Hospital rolls out AI imaging to guide cardiac stents
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out Abbott's Ultreon 3.0 AI imaging during coronary angioplasty, with around 500 patients a year set to benefit.
Doccla virtual care platform reports 61% NHS bed-day reduction
European virtual care provider Doccla says AI-enabled remote monitoring is reducing NHS bed days by 61% and saving £450 a day per patient compared with hospital care.
Heidi report says AI scribe cut NHS documentation time by 86 percent
Across 15 million patient visits, AI medical scribe Heidi says it returned 4 million hours of clinical capacity and improved burnout for 95% of clinicians.
LLMs fail 80%+ of differential diagnoses when patient data is incomplete, JAMA study finds
Mass General Brigham evaluation of 21 leading AI models finds failure rates above 80% at the open-ended start of clinical reasoning, with NHS-relevant implications.
PhenMap AI tool identifies bowel cancer patients unlikely to benefit from bevacizumab
Institute of Cancer Research study uses AI to flag advanced bowel cancer patients at high risk of poor response to NHS-approved drug bevacizumab.
Royal Cornwall NHS Trust adopts Microsoft Sentinel to defend against cyber attacks
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has moved to Microsoft Sentinel to protect its 200+ sites and 15,000 users across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from growing cyber threats.
Manchester NHS trust rolls out 6,500 AI licences in major Microsoft deal
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust will deploy 6,500 additional Microsoft Copilot licences annually and establish an 'Agent Factory' for automating routine tasks.
Perplexity forms health advisory board to guide AI medical information
The AI search company has appointed leading physicians and researchers to oversee health content quality, alongside new tools for users to input personal health data.
Google AI catches 25% of breast cancers missed by NHS screening
Research from Google, Imperial College London, and the NHS shows AI detected a quarter of interval cancers missed by radiologists and could cut workloads by 40%.
NHS AI breast cancer screening works but trust is the catch
A Sky News analysis of Google-NHS research shows AI matches radiologists at cancer detection and reads scans 170x faster, but doctors struggle to trust its findings.
Droplet Biosciences Partners With Nvidia to Speed Up Cancer Diagnostics
Diagnostics startup Droplet Biosciences is using Nvidia's GPU-accelerated AI infrastructure to cut post-surgery cancer test turnaround from weeks to hours.
NHS Hospital Pilots AI Speech-to-Text, Saving Three Minutes Per Consultation
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has used AI voice technology in over 600 consultations, with plans to roll out across all outpatient clinics this year.
Public Support for NHS AI Is Uneven, Health Foundation Study Finds
A Health Foundation survey of 8,000 UK adults shows women, younger people and those on low incomes are less positive about AI in healthcare.
AI-Supported Breast Cancer Screening Reduces Later Diagnoses by 12%
Largest trial of its kind shows AI-assisted mammography detects more cancers early and reduces workload for radiologists.
Google Announces $5 Million AI Health Fund for European Healthcare
Google.org funds new EU health initiative to help frontline medical staff build and deploy their own AI solutions on open-source platform.
NHS AI Commission Launched to Accelerate Healthcare Technology Integration
New regulatory commission aims to make NHS the world's most AI-enabled healthcare system by establishing comprehensive guidelines for medical AI deployment.