Diagnosis and Research: Artificial Intelligence
(asked on 6th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has provided funding for the development of artificial intelligence technologies to advance (a) research and (b) the diagnosis of illnesses in the latest period for which data is available.
Through funding from the Department, the NHS AI Lab is working in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to support the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health and care research. This includes the ‘Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award’ which aims to increase the impact of AI systems in helping to solve clinical and operational challenges across the National Health Service.
The NIHR is also funding a research programme into Artificial Intelligence for Multiple Long-Term Conditions which is available at the following link: