Source · Select Committees · Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Recommendation 3
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AI models demonstrate transformative potential in healthcare diagnostics and professional time-saving.
Conclusion
AI models and tools can transform healthcare provision, by assisting with diagnostics and, perhaps more significantly, freeing up time for the judgement of medical professionals by automating routine processes.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government is working closely with regulators to equip them for AI, establishing central support functions including a regulatory coordination function. It also announced plans to create the DRCF AI and Digital Hub as a single advisory service for AI innovators.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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The Department of Health and Social Care is already seeing benefits through AI use in getting support to those who need it, for example, identifying language indicating mental distress in public social media posts and signposting people to the NHS-endorsed Every Mind Matters’ digital support hub, leading to a 25% increase in people accessing the vital service. DSIT also announced a new £100m fund for an AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission to bring cutting edge AI to bear on some of the most pressing health challenges facing society.
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