Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.

The Department has developed, as proof-of-concept projects, artificial intelligence (AI) enabled summarisation tools that have been used to analyse and draw out key themes from free text and survey responses, as well as to summarise academic journals and parliamentary speeches. AI-enabled topic modelling tools have also been used to label text data source results and to group together similar responses in consultation analysis.

In addition, a generative AI tool, Microsoft 365 Copilot, is currently being trialled by the Department’s staff in anticipation of a Department wide roll out of the tool in October 2025.

The Department regularly reviews the usage of AI to maximise productivity benefits for staff and the public.