A new online advice service has been set up to help NHS bodies and the wider care system understand the relevant regulations in the use of new digital and AI technologies.
Named the AI and Digital Regulations Service, it is a collaboration between the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the Care Quality Commission, the Health Research Authority and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and is funded by the NHS AI Lab.
It has brought together information from the four organisations and regulatory content on a centralised website, and provides access to specialist support for developers and adopters from the service partners.
NICE said this provides comprehensive guidance at each stage of the adoption pathway. The service can also respond to individual enquiries, making connections with relevant services or system partners.
Impactful deployments
Mark Chapman, interim director of medical technology at NICE, said: “This service will help developers and the NHS come together to effectively deploy impactful AI and digital technologies. It provides useful and useable guidance on how to identify, pilot and rollout such technologies.”
Dominic Cushnan, director of AI, imaging and deployment, NHS England, said: “This crucial service couldn’t come at a better time as discussions about regulating AI are progressing rapidly.
“The NHS AI Lab brought the regulatory agencies together to clarify and simplify the developer and adopter journey so we can support the NHS to embed the most effective digital technologies within clinical pathways and enable best practice so these tools are used safely and effectively."
