Most hospitals now using AI to process medical data, diagnose conditions, and personalise treatment.
UK healthcare organisations are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence for clinical tasks, but a new report warns that outdated infrastructure and weakening cybersecurity focus are undermining this progress.
According to SOTI’s Healthcare's Digital Dilemma report, AI usage in the UK surged from 47 percent in 2024 to 94 percent in 2025, with most hospitals now using it to process medical data, diagnose conditions, and personalise treatment.
Despite these advances, 99 percent of healthcare IT leaders report difficulties tied to legacy systems and unintegrated telehealth platforms, which are causing frequent downtime, interoperability issues, and increased vulnerability to cyber-attacks.
While 84 percent of UK professionals admit to at least one data breach since 2023, data security as a top concern fell from 33 percent to 24 percent over the past year.
Stefan Spendrup of SOTI cautioned that while AI adoption is encouraging, "legacy systems continue to hinder tech integration" and security risks may worsen unless healthcare IT priorities are urgently recalibrated.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
