Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

What steps he is taking to use new technology to help improve preventative healthcare.

Tabled: 30 April 2025Answered: 6 May 2025

Asked by

Katie White

LabourLeeds North West

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Ashley Dalton)

We are already using technology to improve preventive healthcare and to transform the NHS. We have invested £11 million in artificial intelligence to trial breast cancer screening mammogram interpretation. We are piloting the NHS health check online to tackle cardiovascular disease, and our NHS Better Health digital products, including the award-winning Couch to 5K app, were used by millions of people last year to tackle preventable conditions. More will be included in the 10-year health plan.