The words to use
- Ambient voice technology
- AI that listens to a consultation and drafts the clinical note for the clinician to check and sign. NHS England's January 2026 registry listed 19 suppliers.
- Automation bias
- The tendency to accept a tool's output without checking it, because it is usually right. It grows as the tool improves.
- Federated Data Platform
- NHS England's Palantir-built software that joins up data NHS organisations already hold, for operational tasks such as waiting lists and discharge.
- Regulatory sandbox
- A supervised space where a regulator and companies test new technology and work out the rules. The MHRA's AI Airlock is one.
