What does AI plan mean for NHS patient data and is there cause for concern?

Key questions answered around potential use of health data to train AI models under Labour's proposals

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UK ministers have committed to creating a National Data Library for building artificial intelligence models, as part of an AI action plan.

The library will comprise state-controlled data with at least five high-impact" public datasets being compiled. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, indicated on Monday that patient data from the National Health Service could be part of the library.