Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82578
X-Rays: Surrey Heath
Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve X-ray technology through the use of artificial intelligence within NHS services in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe National Health Service is using artificial intelligence (AI) in X-rays, with AI tools being deployed in multiple hospitals to act as a "second pair of eyes" for radiologists to catch conditions such as lung cancer sooner. This is part of th...
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