New AI-scribing firm added to NHS England’s supplier registry

AI-scribing tool G2 Speech has been recognised as a supplier on NHS England’s national  registry for ambient voice technology (AVT). 

The self-certified registry, which launched in January, requires suppliers to comply with standards on clinical safety, technology, and data protection.

G2 Speech, which specialises in AI, speech recognition and workflow management solutions for the healthcare sector, has become the twentieth firm to be added to the registry along with suppliers such as Lyrebird Health, CLEARnotes and Heidi Health.

Its solution SpeechAmbient captures clinician-patient conversations in real-time and automatically transforms them into accurate, structured clinical documentation.

Bas Jansen, chief operating officer at G2 Speech, said: “We’re proud to be recognised as a self-certified supplier on the NHS England AVT registry at a time when ambient voice technology is becoming central to the future of healthcare delivery.

“We remain committed to meeting the highest standards of clinical safety, data protection and technical performance, and to supporting NHS organisations as they adopt AI tools.”

SpeechAmbient is powered by specialised medical speech technology and operates unobtrusively in the background – identifying speakers, generating summaries and producing electronic patient record-ready notes without the need for dictation or manual input.

It enables hands-free documentation and integrates into existing workflows to help reduce administrative burden, improve documentation quality and allow clinicians to remain fully focused on patient care.

The firm said that the achievement reflects its continued investment in meeting NHS standards for safety and data security, while advancing the adoption of AVT as a key enabler of healthcare transformation.

The requirements were built around a rigorous set of criteria covering security and demonstrable application capabilities, supported by video walkthroughs and documentation, rather than live customer deployments.

The SpeechAmbient solution is currently in use at a number of NHS and private sites across the UK and Ireland and Europe. 

G2 Speech’s healthcare clients include Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Speaking at the HETT Leadership Summit in February, Alec Price-Forbes, national chief clinical information officer, said that AI-scribing software is key to the ‘digital by default’ model of care outlined in the government’s 10 year health plan.

He described AVT as not “just another digital tool” but “an enabler for us truly to reimagine healthcare”.

Earlier this month, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust signed a contract with System C to deploy AI-scribing in the outpatient department through its EPR.

System C is not on NHS England’s registry because it needs to be live with a customer to qualify to prove evidence of adoption and value before it can be included.

Earlier this month, NHS England published guidance on the use of AI-powered ambient scribing tools in health and care settings, setting out how organisations can safely adopt the technology while meeting data protection and patient rights requirements.