Accident and emergency departments would be able to treat nearly 10,000 more patients every day across England under a plan to use AI technology to transcribe doctors’ notes.

A study involving nine NHS sites found that GPs and hospital doctors could spend nearly 25 per cent more of their shift treating patients directly rather than dealing with time-consuming paperwork, while overall appointment times were reduced by 8.2 per cent.

The pilot study, led by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), involved doctors wearing disc-shaped devices clipped to their shirts that used ambient voice technology to transcribe their conversations with patients.

The software, developed by the UK start-up Tortus, then produces their clinical notes, which can be edited and processed by the doctors before t

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