Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence

The Government is committed to harnessing the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the productivity of the Civil Service and the quality of public services.

Departments provide officials, Ministers and special advisers with access to secure, enterprise-grade generative AI tools that have been assured to the appropriate security standards and approved for official use. Ministers, special advisers and officials may only use generative AI tools that their department has approved for official use. The use of publicly available or consumer versions of generative AI tools, including those named in the Question, for official business is not permitted unless a department has specifically assured and approved that tool.

Approved enterprise tools are configured so that departmental data is held securely and is not used to train publicly available AI models. The use of generative AI across Government is governed by the AI Playbook for the UK Government, which set out the principles for the safe, responsible and effective use of these tools.

The Department has an artificial intelligence policy and clear guidance in place governing the use of such tools. This guidance is aligned with the AI Playbook.

The Department has implemented Microsoft Copilot for use in its official business. Microsoft Copilot is available to all officials who hold an official Departmental IT account.