WINNER

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust: Demonstrating the Clinical Safety of AI-Powered Teledermatology - Transitioning From Pilot to Sustainable Standard Practice

The trust partnered with Skin Analytics in 2022 to implement a skin cancer pathway using DERM, artificial intelligence as a medical device (AIaMD). Since launching, the service has undergone extensive post-market surveillance, continually demonstrating clinical safety and value. The pathway has safely discharged 2,600 patients and helped the trust to avoid 95 per cent of urgent face-to-face appointments, freeing up finite dermatology capacity for those with skin cancer. This collaboration has set a precedent for the safe deployment of AIaMD. Organisers say they have conducted pioneering research, developed clinical guidance, fostered national dialogue, and established a blueprint for the NHS.

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Highly commended

Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board: Championing Clinical Risk Management in Implementing an Electronic Eyecare Referral System (EeRS) in the Midlands

Finalists

Central and North West London FT: Enhancing Clinical Safety Through Real-Time Digital Observations: Transforming Patient Care With the Brigid App

Health Services Safety Investigations Body: National Advocacy on Behalf of the User - Supporting a Safe Digital Future for General Practice

North Bristol Trust: Revolutionising Patient Safety Through Digital Tasks

The Rotherham FT: GP Connect in Meditech: Streamlining Medication and Allergy Data

University College London Hospitals FT: A Blueprint for Embedding Digital Clinical Safety in Healthcare

University College London Hospitals FT: Surgical eConsent Development and Rollout

University Hospital Southampton Maternity: Digital Maternity Equipment Safety Checks

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