Streeting’s plan to treat 10,000 more A&E patients a day by cutting ‘pen-pushing’

Streeting’s plan to treat 10,000 more A&E patients a day by cutting ‘pen-pushing’

Accident and emergency departments would be able to treat nearly 10,000 more patients every day across England under a plan to use AI technology to transcribe doctors’ notes.A study involving nine NHS sites found that GPs and hospital doctors could spend nearly 25 per cent more of their shift treating patients directly rather than dealing with time-consuming paperwork, while overall appointment times were reduced by 8.2 per cent.The pilot study,…