NHS Artificial Intelligence Pilot Program Tracks People’s Eating and Drinking Habits

NHS has partnered with Sodexo, which managed COVID testing centres for the government, on a project which uses AI to monitor behaviour change in patients.

Google’s DeepMind was given access to every patient’s complete medical history at one of England’s largest hospitals, Royal Free Hospital, which is part of the National Health Service. Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used by the NHS, in some cases to track people’s eating and drinking habits in their homes, to prevent avoidable hospital admissions.

The NHS unveiled a suite of AI initiatives across England on Tuesday, aiming to stop unnecessary hospitalisations during the busy winter period.