NHS chief executive Simon Stevens was rushing through the list of new NHS England achievements small and large as he addressed the huge crowds in two separate arenas at the NHS Expo 2019. He listed, for example, the Christie NHS Foundation Trust’s treatment of 80 patients in its proton beam therapy unit since it began receiving patients in December 2018. It is the first of two PBT centers being set up by NHS England.
AI Focus At NHSX Lets Clinicians 'Function At The Top Of Their License'
Less than 2% of NHS England’s budget is spent on digital technology, compared with 4-5% in other industries, NHS chief information officer Dr. Simon Eccles told delegates at the NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo 2019 this week. But the new NHS AI Lab is seen as a big step in the right direction.
