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Published in BMJ Innovations: the state of digital clinical safety in the NHS

A peer-reviewed paper in BMJ Innovations, co-authored by Elliott Roy-Highley, Youssof Oskrochi, Keith Grimes, and Sam Shah, finds that 70% of NHS digital health technologies lack documented clinical safety assurance and identifies the structural reasons why, with direct implications for the NHS 10 Year Health Plan.

Curistica's Dr Keith Grimes will be speaking at BMJ Future Health Europe

Oct 14, 2026

Curistica's Dr Keith Grimes will be speaking at BMJ Future Health Europe

Join Dr Keith Grimes at BMJ Future Health Europe 2026 for his keynote on why safety and real world experience are key to utilising the emerging technologies with the power to radically reshape health and care, and practical ways to safely implement revolutionary back office technology.

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Building AI into your product? Here's when you need to consider medical device regulations

Oct 14, 2026

Building AI into your product? Here's when you need to consider medical device regulations

Many healthtech founders set out to solve a problem, and building a product is part of delivering that solution. At some point someone will ask ‘Is this a medical device?’ Here's what you need to know

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Keith Grimes on BMJ Future Health: AI governance, clinical safety, and what clinicians need to know in 2026

Oct 12, 2026

Keith Grimes on BMJ Future Health: AI governance, clinical safety, and what clinicians need to know in 2026

A must watch for clinicians and providers, Dr Keith Grimes' BMJ Future Health webinar explains AI governance, clinical safety standards, AI agents, and responsible AI adoption for clinicians and healthcare leaders, covering DCB0129, DCB0160, ambient scribes, and the future of AI in the NHS.

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Scaling from one NHS site to fifty: why your safety documentation needs to travel with you

Oct 10, 2026

Scaling from one NHS site to fifty: why your safety documentation needs to travel with you

You're scaling quickly but does your safety documentation scale with you, or does every deployment start from scratch? Read on to find out why scale creates new clinical risk and what you need to know

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Dr Keith Grimes on The Healthusiasm Podcast: shadow AI, trust, and the human's role

Oct 8, 2026

Dr Keith Grimes on The Healthusiasm Podcast: shadow AI, trust, and the human's role

Dr Keith Grimes joined Christophe Jauquet on The Healthusiasm Podcast to talk about the questions that come after "what can AI do?": shadow AI in clinical settings, how trust and ego shape professional relationships with technology, and what the human role looks like as AI capabilities expand.

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Published in JMIR: three in four NHS digital tools have no documented clinical safety assurance

Oct 6, 2026

Published in JMIR: three in four NHS digital tools have no documented clinical safety assurance

A peer-reviewed national cross-sectional study in JMIR, co-authored by Dr Youssof Oskrochi, Dr Elliott Roy-Highley, Dr Keith Grimes, and Sam Shah, finds that 70% of NHS digital health technology deployments have no documented clinical safety assurance. It's the first research to quantify the true scale of non-compliance with DCB0129 and DCB0160.

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Is your clinical safety case any good? Here's a free way to find out.

Sep 9, 2026

Is your clinical safety case any good? Here's a free way to find out.

The CSC-QT is Curistica's free, peer-reviewed tool for assessing the quality of a DCB0129 or DCB0160 clinical safety case against 36 structured indicators. Use it to find out whether your documentation would stand up to scrutiny before a procurement conversation does it for you.

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What the CQC will ask about your digital tools and how to be ready

Jul 20, 2026

What the CQC will ask about your digital tools and how to be ready

The CQC increasingly asks how you assure the safety of your digital and AI tools. Here's what inspectors look for under Safe and Well-led, and how to evidence it.

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What is a Clinical Safety Officer and do you need one?

Jul 8, 2026

What is a Clinical Safety Officer and do you need one?

A Clinical Safety Officer is required under DCB0160 when you deploy clinical software. Here's what a CSO does, who can be one, and your options if you don't have one in-house.

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