2022 Report details for project: AI Labs
| Project name | AI Labs - there are 2 reports for this project: 2022, 2023 |
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| Organisation | DHSC (D12 ) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2022 (data is from September 2021) |
| Category | Transformation - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to make a significant difference in health and care settings through its ability to analyse large quantities of complex information. The NHS Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab) was created to address that challenge by bringing together government, health and care providers, academics and technology companies. |
| DCA (RAG) | Red |
| DCA text: | Compared to financial year 20/21-Q4, the DCA rating at 21/22-Q4 increased from Amber/Green to Red The AI Lab has recently undergone a Spending Review (SR), which has resulted in the budget of the AI Lab being reduced. This has necessitated a re-prioritisation of the AI Lab's objectives and spending commitments. Due to the change in the AI Lab's budget, a new Business Case will be required to re-baseline the objectives and outcomes of the programme. Once the new funding priorities have been established within a new Business Case, the delivery assessment of the programme should improve. The AI Lab's core programmes are still on track to deliver on their objectives and by re-focusing the Lab's commitments to these programmes, the AI Lab will continue to successfully deliver on its desired outcomes. |
| Start date | 2020-07-01 |
| End date | 2024-03-31 |
| Schedule text | Compared to 2021-Q4, your project end-date remained scheduled to finish on 31 MAR 2024 This is primarily due to the following factors: Following the Spending Review, the AI Lab will produce a new Business Case re-baselining the programme in line with updated objectives, timelines and the resulting reduced spend. It is expected the project schedule will deviate from an original 4 year timeline that was agreed with DHSC Ministerial approval and will extend to complete delivery by 24/25 pending business case approval. |
| Baseline | £60.90m |
| Forecast | £51.00m |
| Variance | -16.00% |
| Variance text: | The budget variance exceeds 5%. Due in part to unforeseen delays, the AI Lab is facing a forecasted underspend of £7.5m in this financial year. The recent spending review has also lead to an overall reduction of the AI Lab's lifetime budget, necessitating a re-examination of the AI Lab's priorities and outcomes. Total actual spend in Q4 21/22 has been £20m, from a projected spend of £16.9m. The additional spending is the result of the AI Lab carrying over funding from the Q3 budget to Q4. Some of the Q4 payments will be paid after a quarterly review meeting. |
| Whole Life Cost | £188.00m |
| WLCost text: | Compared to2021-Q4, the projects Baseline Whole Life Cost increased from 185.50 (£m) to 187.80 (£m). This is primarily due to the following factors: The original profile ring-fenced budget of £250 million was approved as set out in the NHSX AI Lab's Programme Business Case for the first three years (2020-23) and then extended to a fourth year profile 2023-2024. The overall spend (£227m) is to cover capital expenditure into the research and development of products, and creation of capital products and systems. |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2022.csv |
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