Smart technology can provide better and faster care for the elderly, while easing pressure on staff, according to Health Secretary Steve Barclay.
Ahead of his trip to the G-7 Summit in Nagasaki, Japan, Barclay spoke about the role of robots and AI technology in supporting patients in care homes across the UK.
Learning how other countries use smart tech in social care and applying innovative methods in Britain would help patients, suggested Barclay in an interview with The Telegraph.
“I think there’s a space to look at what is working in other health care systems. Do we have the humility to learn from that and see what we can adopt? There may be space to do that within robots, but it may also be particularly around AI,” he said….