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Department of Health and Social Care: Data Processing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps they are taking to use (a) artificial intelligence and (b) data to help increase their Department's productivity.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
13 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps they are taking to use (a) artificial intelligence and (b) data to help increase their Department's productivity.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Department is committed to improving its productivity, including through artificial intelligence (AI), and effective use of data. To make AI and data work, the Department has focused on establishing the enablers for adopting AI responsibly, ethically,...

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