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UK sets up £21m AI Diagnostic Fund for NHS trusts

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Source: GOV.UKAlso reported by Digital Health

Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay announced a £21m AI Diagnostic Fund on 23 June 2023. NHS trusts could bid for money to deploy AI imaging and decision support tools for cancers, strokes and heart conditions, such as AI reading of chest X-rays for lung cancer. The government also said AI stroke-diagnosis software would reach all stroke networks by the end of 2023, up from 86%.

Why it matters

NHS trusts got ring-fenced money to buy AI diagnostic tools, which moved AI imaging from pilots towards routine purchasing across England.

When
23 Jun 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0068
Who
Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England; Steve Barclay

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from GOV.UK and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2023-0068: “UK sets up £21m AI Diagnostic Fund for NHS trusts.” wheresthe.ai, 23 Jun 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/gb-nhs-ai-diagnostic-fund-21m-2023-06/ (source: GOV.UK).

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