Alex Blakoe retweeted
Microsoft claims their new AI framework diagnoses 4x better than doctors.
I'm a medical doctor and I actually read the paper. Here's my perspective on why this is both impressive AND misleading ... 🧵
In 2015, Trump said he worried about the risk of going to London and ending up in a 'Muslim no-go area'
Boris said that he worried about the risk of going to New York and bumping into Trump
I agree that the challenges that the NHS is facing in cancer are systems issues, but I disagree that they won’t be resolved in large part thanks to tech. Tech is such a great way of effecting and supporting system change. (1/2)
NHS urged to prioritise cancer care basics over tech and AI ’magic bullets’ theguardian.com/society/arti…
Alex Blakoe retweeted
For those complaining about NHS "bureaucracy" where the majority of staff are not front-line staff it is worth remembering that for each of the 3,000 pilots who fought in the battle of Britain there were 10 spotters and analysts sending the pilots to the right place...
To be clear, the NHS doesn't have enough managers as it is.
Get rid of managers and you'll find doctors spending their time reorganising rotas rather than seeing patients.
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Some might say that there's a dearth of GOOD managers in the NHS, but that’s a different matter… If true, it could be due to poor incentives, the Peter Principle (incl. promoting people who are better at treating patients than at managing staff), and limp compensation packages.