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RDaSH, the NHS foundation trust covering Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber, is using Accurx Scribe in older adult mental health services, according to Digital Health, as reported by Resultsense. The AI tool listens to consultations and drafts notes, summaries and referral letters for clinicians to check and approve.

The rollout is part of a trust-wide adoption. RDaSH says its appointments can cover mood, memory, family circumstances and medicines, creating substantial documentation. The aim is to reduce typing during consultations, though the report gives no figures for time saved or draft accuracy. That makes clinician review central, not a footnote. For sensitive, often lengthy appointments, does this kind of scribe give clinicians more room to focus on patients, or is evidence of accuracy and time saved needed before NHS-wide adoption?

Discuss: Should NHS organisations expand AI scribes in sensitive services on the basis of clinician review, or require published evidence of accuracy and time saved first?

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