AI project to predict health outcomes paused over GP data concern - Digital Health News - 5 June 2025
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AI project to predict health outcomes paused over GP data concern ❌
NHS England has paused development of a generative AI model capable of predicting future health outcomes after doctors raised concerns about the use of GP patient data.
The model, called Foresight, trained on de-identified NHS data from 57 million people in England, was being tested by researchers at University College London and King's College London as part of a national pilot exploring how AI could support earlier intervention and more personalised care.
However, the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Royal College of General Practitioners joint GP IT committee said that it had not been made aware that GP data collected for Covid-19 research had been used to train the AI model.
NHSE warns that AI translation apps could impact patient safety 🚨
NHS England has raised concerns that the inappropriate use of AI translation apps in healthcare could cause risks to patient safety.
The ‘Improvement framework: community language translation and interpreting services’, published by NHSE on 27 May 2025, warns that digital exclusion can prevent the one million people in the UK who do not speak good English from accessing NHS services.
It also highlights “concerns about the appropriate use of AI translation apps that are currently widely used across the NHS” to communicate with patients with limited English.
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