Solve NHS manning issues

The second biggest NHS problem is professional manpower.

Fast-evolving diagnosis using AI and automation can provide tangible support to overworked physicians with systems that are designed to minimize stress and increase time spent with patients.

The United Kingdom is behind OECD averages for medical imaging scanners per million population, with much equipment across CT, MRI, PET-CT, X-ray and Ultrasound outdated.  Additionally, there are challenges with space and capacity across existing Trust estates, some of which have become outmoded.

There is a huge range of technologies that can be automated. Many of them can be used in diagnostics.

The big problem is in rolling them out to every community.

The answer is to develop ‘walk-in’ health monitoring, automated diagnosis and triage and NHS phone apps.

From automated cancer diagnosis (now available but very recently for most cancers) to common health checks, such facilities would deploy the most up-to-date technologies with reporting going to the patient, GP and other medical practitioners agreed by the patient.

Once again such centres would be located on high streets to help high-street commerce.

Funding has to come from the NHS Bond.