Leicester. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. AI being brought in to write patient letters. Listen in on appointments. Auto generate clinical correspondence. And the consultation papers are already showing what that really means "dozens" of administrative jobs could go. Medical secretaries. Real people. Restructured out of existence so an algorithm can have a go instead. The trust's already said the proposals will create "uncertainty." That's NHS management code for "we know full well people are losing their jobs but we're going to dress it up in corporate fluff until the paperwork's signed." Now here's the thing I'm not a Luddite. We all use tools for fun. AI's got its place. But this is the NHS we're talking about. The same NHS that can't book a GP appointment inside three weeks. The same NHS whose IT systems still run on Windows XP in some corners. And they're betting medical secretaries' jobs on software that's going to listen to patient consultations and generate letters without error? Clinical letters. Where one wrong word, one misheard medication, one garbled diagnosis and suddenly you're not talking about efficiency, you're talking about clinical negligence. Watching to see at what point it all goes wrong, and at what point those former employees consider the NHS a burnt bridge. Because that's the other half of this. Medical secretaries know the consultants inside out. They catch errors. They spot when something doesn't look right. They're the human safety net. Strip them out and replace them with a listening algorithm, and who's catching the mistakes? No one. Until it's a Datix report and a lawyer. The trust wants uncertainty? Fine. The patients want accuracy, and the secretaries want their jobs. Some things shouldn't be automated by a department that still uses fax machines. #Leicester #NHS #UHL #AI #MedicalSecretaries #Redundancy #NHSRestructure #Britanistan #BrokenBritain #NHSFail #NotTheEveningNews #TruthMatters #PatientSafety

@AngieMeader It's not like @David_Cameron to lie(change his mind) on numerous previous occasions. #NHSrestructure #VATrise #TAXcreditCuts