The role of procurement frameworks in responsible AI innovation in the National Health Service: a multi-stakeholder perspective
Evans, Thomas D Ahmad, Omer Alderman, Joseph E Bailey, Georgia Bannister, Peter Barlow, Nick Davison, Natalie Isaac, Amanda Kale, Aditya U MacDonald, Trystan
Evans, Thomas D
Ahmad, Omer
Alderman, Joseph E
Bailey, Georgia
Bannister, Peter
Barlow, Nick
Davison, Natalie
Isaac, Amanda
Kale, Aditya U
MacDonald, Trystan
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University of Birmingham; George Eliot Hospitals NHS Trust; University College London; NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Skin Analytics; Romilly Life Sciences; DrDoctor; King's College London; Royal College of Radiologists; Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust; NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre; Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation; Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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2025-06-05
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Procurement carries legal requirements across public services in the UK but, for stakeholders in clinical Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation, it is often poorly understood. This perspective piece summarises insights from a cross-sector workshop exploring the role of procurement frameworks in supporting AI innovation in the National Health Service (NHS). The significant characteristics of AI from a procurement perspective are identified and their consequences are explored. The workshop identified challenges including visibility of AI procurement processes, uncertainty in the value in AI products, process inefficiencies, sustainability and framework design. Opportunities relating to AI procurement were also identified. These insights highlight the potential for procurement frameworks to enable responsible AI innovation in healthcare but acknowledge the need for collaborative efforts from a range of stakeholders to overcome the difficulties experienced by many to date.
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Evans TD, Ahmad O, Alderman JE, Bailey G, Bannister P, Barlow N, Davison N, Isaac A, Kale AU, MacDonald T, Malik Q, Shelmerdine SC, Hogg HDJ, Denniston AK. The role of procurement frameworks in responsible AI innovation in the National Health Service: a multi-stakeholder perspective. Front Health Serv. 2025 Jun 5;5:1608087. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1608087.
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