• via The Independent
When Prevention Becomes Performance: The NHS AI Alarm System
Monitoring Failures Instead of Fixing Them
The NHS announced an AI system to detect patient safety scandals early, following murders by nurse Lucy Letby and 1,200 deaths at Mid Staffordshire Hospital. While positioned as preventive innovation, the technology monitors failures rather than addressing their root cause: chronic understaffing that leaves single nurses caring for 15+ patients. This represents classic institutional decline - sophisticated failure detection replacing basic competence in prevention.