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NHS South East rolls out skin cancer AI that can discharge patients alone

Skin Analytics’ skin cancer AI, DERM, goes live in all 18 NHS South East trusts this autumn. The company says it is the only AI certified to discharge patients on its own.

Tarun Mottlia

Via TNW | Health-tech

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NHS South East rolls out skin cancer AI that can discharge patients alone
Image: A skin lesion is photographed with a smartphone dermoscope for assessment by Skin Analytics’ DERM

NHS England’s South East region is rolling out an AI that can discharge patients with harmless skin lesions without a dermatologist seeing them. DERM, made by London-based Skin Analytics, goes live in all 18 NHS trusts there from this autumn. It will cover another 9 million people.

Skin Analytics announced the rollout on Wednesday and called it the largest deployment of autonomous medical AI in NHS history. The rollout runs for three years.

“For patients, a suspected cancer referral can…

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