AI medical devices go live in the NHS, the controls that make it safe

Live NHS deployment of AI medical devices is safe only when every output is provable, humanly overseen and held on infrastructure the trust controls.

Safe live deployment of AI medical devices requires provable outputs, enforced human oversight and patient data that never leaves the clinical network. The MHRA's London Region I sandbox, launched on 10 June 2026 with NHS England, makes those controls the decisive question for every NHS trust.

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