UK health secretary Matt Hancock has given a major boost to health care as NHS England transitions toward digitally enhanced delivery. He has made a £250m ($302m) funding pledge, with the cash being used to build out the artificial intelligence capabilities of the NHS. Part of the money – claimed to be “new money” – will be used to setup a National Artificial Intelligence Lab within the newly established NHSX. According to the NHSX website, the organization brings teams from the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement together into one unit to "drive digital transformation and lead policy, implementation and change."
NHSX, which began officially on 1 July under chief executive Matthew Gould, will oversee the lab as part of its...