New Technology Offers Ethical Solution to NHS Overcrowding and AI Data Challenges

A ground-breaking technology, the Patient Status Engine (PSE), is available to help solve two of the NHS’s biggest challenges: overcrowded hospitals and the ethical use of patient data in artificial intelligence (AI). This innovative system delivers real-time, patient-focused data to empower earlier interventions, improve operational efficiency, and lay the foundation for ethical AI development - all while keeping patient data secure and under NHS control.

The need for solutions has never been greater. Last year alone, 518,000 patients endured waits of 12 hours or more on trolleys in A&E due to a lack of available beds. Emergency departments, already overwhelmed, have struggled to cope with surging demand. Simultaneously, the government’s plans to use anonymised NHS data archives to fuel AI innovation have raised concerns about privacy, ethics, and exploitation of sensitive information by external tech firms.

The Patient Status Engine: A Game-Changer for the NHS

The Patient Status Engine directly addresses these challenges by enabling continuous patient monitoring and creating live data streams that deliver immediate and measurable impacts:

• Reducing Overcrowding: By detecting signs of patient deterioration up to 47 hours earlier than manual observations, the system foresees emergencies and enables timely interventions, easing pressure on A&E departments.
• Enabling Acute Care at Home: The PSE allows patients to receive acute care outside the hospital, reducing demand for hospital beds and alleviating the load on ambulance services. This capability offers both a short- and long-term solution to the NHS bed crisis.
• Relieving Workforce Pressures: Saving the equivalent time of more than 3,000 nurses annually, the PSE allows healthcare staff to focus on critical patient care.
• Driving Ethical AI Innovation: The platform generates secure, high-quality real-time data that supports AI development without relying on retrospective data archives, ensuring immediacy, privacy, and ethical use of patient information.

A Better Approach to AI and NHS Data

The government’s proposals to create a national NHS data library for AI model training could help position the UK as a global AI leader. However, concerns about data sovereignty and exploitation remain. The Patient Status Engine offers an alternative path forward - one that keeps data generation and control within the NHS, providing the foundation for ethical and effective AI-powered healthcare solutions.

Keith Errey, CEO and Cofounder of Isansys Lifecare, said: "The Patient Status Engine isn’t just a tool for monitoring - it’s the missing link for both healthcare and AI. For the NHS, it means fewer patients waiting on trolleys and faster, more effective care. For AI, it’s the real-time, accurate data needed to deliver on the promise of ethical, impactful innovation."

UK Innovation for a Global Challenge

Designed and manufactured in Oxfordshire, the Patient Status Engine exemplifies the power of homegrown innovation. It not only supports the NHS in overcoming its most pressing challenges, but it also strengthens local supply chains while positioning the UK as a leader in ethical, sustainable healthcare technology.