AIR-SP (AI Research Screening Platform)
Benefits
Reduces the cost of multi-site AI studies by £2-3 million per study, eliminating the need for separate IT setups at each trust (currently costing up to £3.5 million per study). Speeds up AI deployment across the NHS by creating a unified environment where multiple AI tools can be tested simultaneously. Addresses the current issue where 90% of AI tools remain stuck in pilot phases due to over-reliance on temporary IT setups in each trust.
Details
- Tool name
- AIR-SP (AI Research Screening Platform)
- Organisation
- Department of Health and Social Care NHS England
- Status
- planned
- AI method (as recorded)
- Computer Vision, Machine Learning
- AI method (normalised tags)
- Computer Vision Machine Learning
- Usecase
- Health AI
- Origin
- gov.uk
- Owning team
- NHS England
- Date added
- 22 September 2025
- Scrape date
- Source note
- The platform is backed by nearly £6 million in government funding, will take approximately 2 years to build, and is expected to be rolled out for research purposes in 2027. It will create a single secure environment with connections to all NHS trusts to test AI tools for medical imaging and screening. The initiative supports the UK government's Plan for Change to shift healthcare from analogue to digital. [Source]