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NHS England updates its AI scribe guidance and supplier rules

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Source: NHS EnglandAlso reported by Digital Health

NHS England published version 2 of its guidance on AI-enabled ambient scribing, which builds on its national self-certified registry for ambient voice technology suppliers. Products must be at least MHRA Class I registered and meet DTAC, DCB0129/0160 clinical-safety and data-protection requirements, and pilots are capped at four months so they cannot be used to avoid compliance; patients should be told how their information is used and given the chance to object.

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Suppliers of AI scribes to the NHS need at least MHRA Class I registration and must self-certify on a national registry, and pilots cannot run past four months.

When
2 Apr 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0034
Who
NHS England, MHRA

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from NHS England and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 7 Oct 2026.

Read the original at NHS England

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2026-0034: “NHS England updates its AI scribe guidance and supplier rules.” wheresthe.ai, 2 Apr 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/gb-nhse-ambient-scribe-guidance-v2-2026-04/ (source: NHS England).

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