Pioneering NHS scientists use AI to help improve patient care in south Essex

Pioneering NHS scientists use AI to help improve patient care in south Essex

This comes as they celebrate Healthcare Science Week from March 10 to 16.

UKHSA investigates use of AI in outbreak detection

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is looking into the potential of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help detect and investigate foodborne illness outbreaks. UKHSA experts assessed different types of AI for their ability to detect and classify text in online restaurant reviews, which could be used to identify and potentially target investigations into outbreaks. Foodborne gastrointestinal illness is a major burden in the UK, causing mill…

Animations help explain radiotherapy for patients with breast cancer - East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Patients diagnosed with breast cancer can find out more about their condition and how to prepare for radiotherapy treatment through two new animations produced for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. How radiotherapy treatment works is the focus of the first animation, which includes what patients can expect during their appointment. Image taken from one of the animations, copyright Explain My Procedure The second animation is aim…

Google's AI 'Co-Scientist' Solved a 10-Year Superbug Problem in Two Days

Google collaborated with Imperial College London and its "Fleming Initiative" partnership with Imperial NHS, giving their scientists "access to a powerful new AI designed" built with Gemini 2.0 "to make research faster and more efficient," according to an announcement from the school. And the results were surprising... "José Penadés and his colleagues at Imperial College London spent 10 years figuring out how some superbugs gain resistance to an…