The Express & Star talk to West Midlands mayor Richard Parker and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, during their visit to New Cross Hospital, to see how AI and robotics are improving patient care.

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00:00okay so you've had the chance to see the technology here today what do you make of it

00:04but look it's fantastic technology it's medium-edge technology uh we've talked to the surgeons here

00:09about how uh the precision surgery that this robot behind us can perform is improving uh

00:16the care of patients and uh improving their recovery times and it's driving efficiencies

00:22and it's the future it looks at the uh sort of future of the nhs as well so obviously

00:27suffered over the years but uh with technology like this there are signs of improving aren't there

00:31look there's innovation has got a massive part to play in improving and productivity and the public

00:37services and the nhs and improving patient care uh we've looked at robotic surgery we've also spoken

00:44to the chief executive about how ai is improving um improving uh the documentation of patient care

00:52too and also this morning i've been with the secretary of state to visit a fantastic life

00:59science with businesses in birmingham that is also looking at how we can improve patient care through

01:04uh the testing of um of urine samples for better cancer um integrating these processes in nhs

01:11as a possibility to improve care to patients speed up productivity and ensure that we're

01:18delivering better care and improving people's lives and you've had a chance of an actual look at the

01:23process of how that technology works can you get your head around it when it's actually being used

01:27on human beings uh i could because i did that that modest experiment this morning um when we were here

01:32but um it's phenomenal talking to the surgeons about how this technology is now being embedded in

01:39surgical procedures uh and the potential is enormous uh and i hope when i talk to the surgeons here it's

01:46going to attract a lot more people into the nhs and these roles those people interested in technology

01:51can play a good a big part in the future of the nhs and um for yourself as the the mayor of the

01:56region uh what work can you do personally to help the progression of the nhs well i want to promote

02:02this sector the life sciences and healthcare sector is really important to this region it employs tens

02:07and tens of thousands of people and it provides opportunities for people from all different

02:12backgrounds those with high skills and those interests and technology um and what i want to

02:16do the west meadows is create a life sciences center of excellence here so we can grow our economy

02:21attract investment create lots of jobs and also i want the public services in this region to be the

02:27best uh provide the best care uh in any place in the country so you've had a chance to have a look

02:32at the technology here and what do you make of it and it's interesting but it's it's incredible

02:36because you get a sense of how much impact it has on people we're standing in a room that is completely

02:42filled with machinery with technology but never forget the heart of this is people and because

02:50of this machinery people will come in they will have a surgical experience where the incision will

02:55be smaller the procedure will be faster and the time in which they get home will be more rapid than

03:02ever before so it means that people will be able to recover in the place where they want to be

03:07surrounded by the people that they love being around and the whole experience is less sort of

03:12anxiety inducing and the pathway to recovery is faster so yes there's a lot of metal here a lot

03:19of technology here but don't forget this is a really human experience that we're witnessing and

03:25you've got the chance to actually have a go at it as well so but can you wrap your head around this

03:29when you look at what is actually going into it i can never fight wrap my head around what it is

03:35surgeons do and how they do it and the the sheer amount of skill that it takes and and also the

03:40courage it takes to go into somebody else's body and do what they do to make us better again but to

03:46see the harmony with which certain surgeons are now working with technology with robotics uh also

03:53involving ai as well uh is is quite extraordinary i've always said that ai technology is delivering

04:00a more human experience and there's nothing more human than helping a surgeon to become more uh to

04:07fully release their potential to become the entirely skilled profession that they want to be with less

04:14tiny little areas which i know would cause them a lot of anxiety when they go home in the evening

04:19it's a very human thing that's being delivered right across the board and don't forget also in

04:23this hospital they are using ai to make the paperwork more efficient so it means that some of the notes

04:30that are taken through a patient's pathway to the hospital are now coming down from hours to being

04:35done in less than one minute then of course humans are always overlooking this and they're always making

04:42sure that it's correct but this means again a more human experience more time with doctors with

04:48patients less time with doctors looking at paperwork and filling in forms and less time spent trying

04:54to decipher the doctor's writing at the end of it so again technology being embraced right here in

05:00wolverhamton wolverhamton hospital in a way that's really quite inspiring and innovation and ai and

05:05technology is obviously part of the process of reviving and regenerating the nhs as well but there is

05:11no question that technology is a drive productivity gains right through the nhs that sounds quite distant and

05:17quite numeric again this means that more patients can be seen it means that people working in the

05:22nhs are doing more of what they came into the nhs for and that's supporting patients making people

05:29healthy again and the more that we start using and embracing the latest technology because it's not

05:33just mechanical technology here it's also other parts of life sciences this morning i was in birmingham

05:39looking at a life sciences company which is being able to test for early stage cancers from

05:45urine samples rather than doing invasive tests which are very time consuming and really burdensome

05:52on the nhs so right across the board from trying to prevent people coming into hospital in the first

05:57place and when people do come into hospital making sure that you've got clinicians and staff who are

06:02more focused on you and less focused on paperwork and then when if you do need surgery that surgery is

06:08swifter more precise and it's a better experience for everyone when you back home quicker it works for

06:13everyone and um if the situation came that you'd have to have this sort of surgery i'm assuming you

06:18would have complete faith in this and the process of it there is no question i've actually stood in a

06:23theater with somebody being two people being operated on uh in the last few weeks and i saw firsthand

06:30uh how the surgeons are embracing the technology but how the surgeons talk about it how they say it

06:38enables them to be more intricate work how it enables them to see things uh that they weren't able to see

06:44before uh when you're just using the human eye looking straight in these are big advance advancements

06:51and i would have absolute confidence in fact if i were in a situation i would hope that i would be in a

06:56situation of being able to benefit from this this technology uh in the first place uh that's why i

07:01feel a real sense of urgency alongside the health secretary and the prime minister to get this

07:07technology out there benefiting everyone from every background in every part of our country not just

07:13keeping this kind of real world-class technology for those people who can afford it

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