More than three quarters of NHS staff (76 per cent) support the use of AI in health to help with patient care, research from the Health Foundation has found.

Over 80 per cent of NHS staff said they support its use for administrative purposes.

While the report shows a general support of AI tech in the NHS, nearly two thirds of the staff surveyed think that AI will make them feel more distant from patients.

It also found that medical and dental staff are more positive than clinical staff such as health care assistants and health care support workers.

The UK public were less likely to support the use of AI in healthcare than NHS staff, with just over half of the UK public saying they support its use in patient care.

Among the public, young people (aged 16–24 years) are less likely to believe that AI will improve care quality compared to other age groups, and women are less likely to believe that AI will improve care quality compared to men.

As well as this, over half of the public (53 per cent) think AI will make them feel more distant from health care staff.