Fact · Dictation software
NHS England expects GPs, ICBs and acute trusts to use its ambient voice technology registry as part of their necessary due diligence checks before buying.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“The expectations are that buying authorities such as GPs, ICBs and acute trusts will use the AVT Registry and accompanying resource library as part of the necessary and locally required due diligence governance checks”
NHS England lists 19 suppliers meeting criteria for ambient voice registry, HTN Health Tech News, 2026, Paragraph on buying authorities, quoting NHS England.
Open the original- What it measures
- NHS England's self-certified registry lists suppliers of ambient voice technology, the AI tools that listen to a consultation and draft its notes. The registry is for ambient scribes, and it is not a list of dictation products.
- What it does not show
- Trade press quoting NHS England, not NHS England's own page, which we could not open. The statement concerns ambient voice technology, so it does not by itself cover a dictation tool.