The Highland Marketing advisory board met to consider the government's enthusiasm for AI. To date, healthcare has mostly experimented with decision support tools, and their impact on the NHS and UK plc has been mixed. But the big, new idea is generative AI; and members felt some careful thought is needed about how and where to adopt it.
Ask Google's Gemini assistant how many articles have been published on AI in the UK over the past year, and the response is that the data is "too vast and dispersed" to say, but "it's a very active area of discussion."
A new technology partnership formally announced, could help NHS, local government, and housing organisations collaborate to create an unprecedented understanding of the risks and needs of people in their care. Resulting intelligence could enable co-ordinated decisions that help to ease demand on recovering NHS services, prevent avoidable harm and A&E visits, and target community interventions where they can make the biggest impact for individuals. 
Healthcare teams responsible for paediatric care in Ireland are to save significant time in accessing important diagnostic imaging and reports, with the help of a new agreement with medical imaging and cybersecurity company Sectra.
Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, has replaced its bedside units with state-of-the art devices running a full range of information, engagement, communications and productivity apps, to demonstrate the potential of digital technology in the NHS.