Patient Safety Commissioner Publishes Annual Report 2025-26
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One size fits no one: why women’s health could be the defining test for AI in healthcare
Read more: One size fits no one: why women’s health could be the defining test for AI in healthcareI recently joined leaders from healthcare, technology, research and investment at the Milken Institute Asia Summit panel AI’s Health Care Promise: Getting It Right for Everyone. It was a timely discussion about how we can harness the benefits of artificial intelligence while ensuring it improves care for everyone, not just some. One theme stood out: the question is no longer whether AI will play a role in healthcare. It already does, but the challenge is making sure it works safely, fairly and transparently for everyone. That mirrors what we heard through the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in…
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Patient Safety Commissioner launches strategy for second term
Read more: Patient Safety Commissioner launches strategy for second termThe Patient Safety Commissioner for England has today published her strategy for 2026-2028, setting out an ambitious programme of work to make medicines and medical devices safer and ensure patients’ voices shape decisions across the healthcare system. Building on the progress made during her first term, the strategy focuses on three interconnected priorities: improving safety and regulation, supporting informed patient decisions, and advancing equity, justice and patient safety leadership. The strategy outlines practical action to address some of the most pressing patient safety challenges facing healthcare today, including strengthening safeguards around remote prescribing, improving medicines information, enhancing monitoring of medical…
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National Commission publishes recommendations for safe and trusted use of AI in healthcare
Read more: National Commission publishes recommendations for safe and trusted use of AI in healthcareToday marks an important step towards ensuring AI is used safely, transparently and in a way people can trust across healthcare. The National Commission on the Regulation of AI in Healthcare has published its recommendations following the largest public engagement exercise of its kind ever undertaken in the UK on how healthcare technologies should be regulated. As Deputy Chair of the Commission, I am proud of the extensive engagement that has informed this work. More than 12,000 people shared their views and their message was clear: people want to know when AI is used in their care, confidence that it…
