Understanding healthcare workers’ confidence in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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May 2022
NHS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) LAB and HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND

This report has been developed by Health Education England and the NHS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab at the NHS Transformation Directorate.

Health Education England

Health Education England (HEE) exists for one reason only: to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement to the patients and public of England by ensuring that the workforce of today and tomorrow has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours, at the right time and in the right place.

At any one time, HEE supports more than 160,000 students and trainees whilst working closely with partners across the NHS locally, regionally, and nationally on shared priorities.

In 2019, HEE was commissioned by the then Secretary of State to deliver the Topol Review recommendations looking at the impact of leading-edge digital technologies on the workforce. The Digital, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Technologies in Education (DART-Ed) programme picks up from this in 2021 to explore the linkage between mature evidenced AI and its workforce impact and required training and education.

NHS AI Lab

The NHS AI Lab was set up to accelerate the safe, ethical and effective adoption of AI in health and social care. Its vision is that the UK will be world-leading for the development and use of AI-driven technologies to improve people’s health and wellbeing, delivering the most impactful technology to support our health and care system. The Lab creates an environment for collaboration and co-creation by bringing together programmes that address the barriers to developing and deploying AI in health and care. This will unlock the potential of AI to change the way healthcare is delivered, whilst ensuring we can determine the right guidance and regulations to protect patients and those in care.