Al trial shows 'extraordinary potential' to transform NHS

HUMBER REGION TRUSTS TAKING PART IN TECHNOLOGY TRIAL

- By ANDREW SPENCE

Using AI to reduce the administrative burden on staff could free up valuable resources to be redirected towards patient care. Inset, Darren Hardman, CEO of Microsoft UK and Ireland

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TRUSTS in the Humber region have been involved in an NHS AI trial that is displaying how the use of the technology could help save and money across the NHS.

The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has been involved in the innovative trial.

A pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft's Al-powered productivity tool, across 90 NHS organisations found that Al-powered administrative support could save NHS staff on average 43 minutes per staff member per day. Scaled up, the figure equates to five weeks of time being saved per person annually.

Results from the trial show that a full roll-out could save up to 400,000 hours of staff time per month, equating to "millions of hours every year", The Department of Health and Social Care said.