{"value":{"id":1944707,"askingMemberId":4785,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-10-09T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-10-13T00:00:00","uin":"30882","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of chest X-rays in England were reported with AI assistance in the latest quarter; and what NICE's recommendation is on the use of AI-assisted chest X-ray interpretation outside research settings.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4637,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-10-19T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The available data shows that for the last whole quarter measured, quarter four of 2025/26, 781,000 chest X-rays (CXRs) were supported by artificial intelligence (AI) for trusts who deployed a CXR tool. This was compared to a total number of CXR performed in the NHS during that period of 2,052,110. AI-assisted CXRs represented 38.1% of the total.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published an early value assessment for this technology on 28 September 2023. The publication specifically referenced the potential for the AI Diagnostic Fund to answer the evidence gaps set out in the guidance and evidence generation plan.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"X-Rays: Artificial Intelligence","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1944707","method":"GET"}]}