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Harry Stedman

NHS must ‘urgently embrace’ AI to cope with rising demand, college warns

The Royal College of Radiologists said the NHS must make greater use of artificial intelligence (Alamy/PA) -

The NHS must make greater use of artificial intelligence (AI) to meet the ever-increasing demand and waiting times, the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has warned.

College president Dr Katharine Halliday will call for the UK to “urgently embrace” the rollout of the technology in a speech at the RCR and NHS England Global AI Conference on Monday, with a 40% shortfall in radiologists possible by 2028.

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