United KingdomHealthcare and life sciences2025 – ongoing

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

MBI ROVA surgical waiting-list validation

UHNM reported that ROVA reviewed more than 1 million clinical documents in its first week

WorkingCompany's own claimOfficial ↗

Problem

Staff manually checked documents across electronic systems to establish whether patients still needed treatment. Keeping the surgical waiting list accurate consumed substantial staff time.

Approach

UHNM introduced MBI ROVA to analyse clinical documents and flag patients who no longer needed treatment or required follow-up. Its digital services, information and validation teams implemented the system as a 12-month pilot.

Results

more than 1 millionclinical documents reviewed in the first week, according to UHNMCompany's own claim[1]

almost 1,500patients identified as eligible for waiting-list removal in the first week, according to UHNMCompany's own claim[1]

Takeaway

The initial result concerned identifying patients eligible for removal. UHNM did not report a measured reduction in surgical waiting times.

Sources

UHNM to use AI technology to help reduce surgical waiting lists
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust14 Oct 2025Company publication

Source summaries

[1]University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust14 Oct 2025

UHNM reported first-week document reviews and patients identified for removal. It estimated that the work would have taken around 3 months manually.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026