Question follow-through · 89011
Artificial Intelligence: General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's press release entitled AI to cut paperwork to free up doctors’ time for patients, published on 16 August 2025, if he will m
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's press release entitled AI to cut paperwork to free up doctors’ time for patients, published on 16 August 2025, if he will m
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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24 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department does not hold a single national figure for time saved per patient discharge across all National Health Service settings. However, trials referenced in the Department’s press release of 16 August 2025 and subsequent trials indicate that the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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NHS: Apprentices
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Department of Health and Social Care: Public Consultation and Reviews
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Department of Health and Social Care: Visas
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Health Services: Equality
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NHS: Artificial Intelligence
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