Question follow-through · 65603

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS England on the potential merits of funding research on using AI based on the knowledge of expert cardiologists to help interpret ECGs for the diagnosis of yo

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
9 Jul 2025
Answer
14 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS England on the potential merits of funding research on using AI based on the knowledge of expert cardiologists to help interpret ECGs for the diagnosis of yo

  2. 9 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The National Health Service has set an ambitious goal in its new 10-Year Plan that by 2035, artificial intelligence (AI) should be seamlessly integrated into most clinical pathways, with tools like generative AI being widely adopted and continuously impro...

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