The UK government has announced a £21m funding pot that NHS trusts can apply for to implement AI tools for the likes of medical imaging and decision support.
This includes tools that analyse chest X-rays in suspected cases of lung cancer.
AI technology that can diagnose strokes will also be available to all stroke networks by the end of 2023 – up from 86 per cent – and could help patients get treated faster and lead to better health outcomes.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the technology could help cut NHS waiting lists ahead of winter.
Bids are being welcomed for any AI diagnostic tool, although the DHSC said they “will have to represent value for money for the funding to be approved”.
The government has invested £123m in 86 AI technologies to date.
Professor Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, added: “The NHS is already harnessing the benefits of AI across the country in helping to catch and treat major diseases earlier...