Five new AI medical technology centres to open across the UK to speed up disease diagnosis

The new medical technology centres in Leeds, Glasgow, London, Oxford and Coventry, are anticipated to open in 2019, and will use artificial intelligence to help speed up disease diagnosis by using AI software to digitalise biopsies and scans and also develop products to assist in early disease detection. They will also free up the time of doctors and health care staff.

The government will invest £50 million in the centres, which will be based at current NHS facilities and universities.

Greg Clark, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary, said “AI has the potential to revolutionise healthcare and improve lives for the better.

“The innovation at these new centres will help diagnose disease earlier to give people more options when it comes to their treatment, and make reporting more efficient, freeing up time for our much-admired NHS staff to spend on direct patient care.”

Matt Hancock, Health and Social Care Secretary, recently launched a new vision to construct “the most advanced health and care system in the world” by transforming NHS technology.

He went on to say “Artificial intelligence will play a crucial role in the future of the NHS and we need to embrace it by introducing systems which can speed up diagnoses, improve patient outcomes, make every pound go further and give clinicians more timer with their patients.

“As part of our long-term plan, we will transform the NHS into an ecosystem of enterprise and innovation that allows technology to flourish and evolve.”

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