St Joseph’s Hospital, in partnership with Heart & Lung Imaging Limited (H&L), has become the first hospital in Wales to offer two cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled imaging assessments, which can identify a wide range of respiratory and cardiac conditions, potentially in their earliest stages.

Dr Alan Ng, Minor Injuries Centre Manager, St Joseph’s Hospital Over the past decade there has been an increase in demand for both General Practice and Accident & Emergency services. A number of factors have contributed, chiefly an ageing population and the continual squeeze on NHS and social care budgets. Great Britain spends 8.5 per cent GDP on its health service, whereas most similar European countries spend more than 10 per cent