New AI tech that spots deadly lung cancer faster to be rolled out at 64 NHS hospitals – is yours on the list?
AI to help doctors spot lung cancer quicker and more accurately is set to be rolled out at NHS hospitals in England.
More than £21million has been allocated for the tech, which analyses X-rays and CT scans to diagnose the deadly disease.
It will start being used at 64 hospital trusts across the country from this winter.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said: “Patients deserve the best care possible.
“AI is already being used in the NHS to halve treatment times for stroke patients and to assist doctors in analysing brain scans.
“We’re building on this success to make sure lung cancer patients get the support they need, when they need it.”
Around 48,500 Brits are diagnosed with lung cancer every year, making it the third most common form of the disease in the country.
Some 34,8000 die from it every year — the most of any cancer in the UK.
Survival chances are much higher if the disease is caught early, before it spreads to other organs.
Some 600,000 chest X-rays are performed every month in England and health bosses hope the new tech will help spot tumours in their first stages.
Previous research has shown AI could detect early signs of the disease years before doctors would find it on a CT scan.
Artificial intelligence has already been used on the NHS to diagnose stroke patients and get them faster emergency treatment.
The tech is also used to provide patients with their personalised risk of heart attack, allowing doctors to intervene earlier.
It comes after Mr Barclay last week announced £100million in Government investment in AI on the health service.
Dr Vin Diwakar, of NHS England, said: “Artificial intelligence is already helping to save lives.
“This investment will allow 64 NHS trusts from across the country to harness the power of AI to tools to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.”
What NHS hospital trusts will receive part of the £21million funding?
- East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- London North West University Healthcare Nhs Trust
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust
- County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
- Stockport Nhs Foundation Trust
- Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- East Cheshire NHS Trust
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Warrington And Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Sussex
- Ashford And St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust