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The NHS is one of the UK’s most cardinal institutions. It is also combating unprecedented pressures of managing ever-increasing demand with severely limited resources. People are living longer. Chronic and lifestyle-related diseases are on the rise. Trusts and hospitals are operating with a national staffing shortfall of 100,000 doctors, nurses and specialists — a gap expected to grow exponentially over the next ten years.
If something does not change soon, doctors will be less able to diagnose and treat illness in time. Without action, we are at risk of triggering an even larger national health crisis than the one we are already facing.
Recruitment, retention and training programmes are essential for addressing these staffing shortfalls. This is undisputed. There is also an opportunity for industry to help the NHS implement new technologies and ways of working that will improve patient care.
At Philips, we are looking at how best to support the NHS’s highly trained medical professionals with the power of machine learning.
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