Health Minister to be questioned by Peers on AI ambitions and healthcare innovation in the NHS

From 10:15 on Tuesday 7 July the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will  conclude its inquiry into innovation in the NHS with a focus on personalised medicine and AI, hearing from Preet Kaur Gill MP, Minster for Health, Innovation and Safety.

The Committee will also hear from:

• Fiona Bride, Interim Director General for Commercial and Growth, Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England
• Rob Thompson, Chief Digital, Data and Technology Officer, Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England

The evidence session will take place in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster and will be available to watch live from 10.15 or on demand on Parliamentlive.tv.   

The committee is expected to ask questions on the following topics:

• The Government's ambitions for personalised medicines and AI
• Failure to scale pilots across the system
• Funding innovation nationally
• Fragmentation of the NHS across Trusts
• NHS as a customer for innovation
• The Health Data Research Service and UK Health Data
• Regulators and regulation
• Workforce barriers to innovation
• Support for the UK life sciences industry; clinical trials; international comparisons