Digital dictation

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Phillip Wood, principal category manager – digital workforce and IT transformation, at NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS)
23 October 2025

NHS SBS launches £150m framework to accelerate access to AVT

NHS Shared Business Services has launched a £150m framework agreement for digital dictation and speech recognition AI tools.
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Microsoft's corporate VP of healthcare, Dr Peter Lee
11 September 2019

‘Startling advances’ in natural language processing will ease paper burden

Peter Lee from Microsoft said that advances in machine learning models meant that consumer-facing translation platforms could be repurposed for
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logo for Dictate IT Live speech recognition app
22 May 2018

Dictate IT Live taps deep learning for ‘next-generation’ clinical speech recognition

Clinical support solutions provider Dictate IT has launched an automatic speech recognition tool capable of transcribing medical notes in real-time.
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17 July 2013

Barnsley does digital dictation

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has reduced patient correspondence time by 55 days using digital dictation software.
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14 May 2013

Southport gets digital dictation

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust has implemented a digital dictation platform from Medisec.
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3 May 2013

Leeds resumes digital dictation

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has resumed its digital dictation and speech recognition project after it was put on hold
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12 February 2013

Leeds and York takes BigHand

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is implementing a trust-wide digital dictation and workflow management system.
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23 October 2012

Wolverhamptom PCT takes Lexacom

Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust is implementing digital dictation across its entire GP practice network.
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3 May 2012

Kingston picks BigHand from framework

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has chosen BigHand for a digital dictation project that will be used to reduce the turnaround
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24 February 2012

BigHand wins contract in the North East

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to implement digital dictation in its orthopaedic department in April.
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