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AI in Health - Latest News, Resources & Career Opportunities (May 2026)

  • Writer: Dr Avi Mehra
    Dr Avi Mehra
  • May 27
  • 3 min read

If you are interested in the intersection of Health and Artificial Intelligence, here is your monthly round-up of the latest global news, resources and healthtech career opportunities in the space.


To keep up to date and for more insights at the intersection of Health and Artificial Intelligence, follow me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/avimehra3/  


📰 News Highlights


🟢One in seven people have used AI instead of seeing a GP, study finds https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-seven-people-have-used-ai-instead-of-seeing-a-gp-study-finds 

🟢China’s Massive AI Rollout in Healthcare Spurs Urgent Need for Global Guardrails https://healthpolicy-watch.news/china-long-term-care-ai/ 

🟢Anthropic & Gates Foundation pledge $200M for AI in Health & Education https://pharmaphorum.com/news/anthropic-joins-gates-foundation-200m-health-ai-pledge

🟢Google launches new Google Health app with Gemini AI Health Coach, opening to all wearable users https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/07/tech/google-ai-health-fitbit

🟢NHS SBS launches £900m healthcare AI procurement framework https://www.digitalhealth.net/2026/05/nhs-sbs-launches-900m-healthcare-ai-solutions-framework/

🟢NHS England restricts open-source code access over AI security concerns https://www.digitalhealth.net/2026/05/nhse-to-move-away-from-open-source-over-ai-security-concerns/

🟢Americans may be losing trust in health AI – only 42% open to AI in their care, down from 52% in 2024 https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-04-07/americans-may-be-losing-trust-for-ai-in-health-care-survey

🟢Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI to accelerate drug discovery across its operations https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/04/14/fda-push-clinical-trial-transparency-novo-nordisk-openai-deal/

🟢Google DeepMind sets out research vision for an AI co-clinician working under physician authority https://deepmind.google/blog/ai-co-clinician/

🟢OpenEvidence withdraws AI medical app from EU & UK, citing regulatory uncertainty under the EU AI Act – despite being used by 40%+ of US physicians https://letsdatascience.com/news/openevidence-withdraws-ai-medical-app-from-eu-uk-1447fca2

🟢UAE: Sheikh Mohammed announces 50% of government services to run on AI agents within 2 years https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/government/sheikh-mohammed-announces-50-of-uae-govt-services-to-run-on-ai-agents-in-2-years

🟢Where patients and hospitals disagree about AI — the growing tension around how health AI is used https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/health-ai-where-patients-hospitals-disagree-ai-prognosis/

🟢UK regulator is missing many AI safety incidents, investigation finds https://www.hsj.co.uk/technology-and-innovation/regulator-missing-many-ai-incidents/7041759.article

🟢AI speeds up prior authorisations but is also driving up costs, not reducing them – new PHTI report https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machine-learning/ai-speeding-prior-authorizations-while-driving-higher-costs-health-systems



📚 Resources 


🔵AI now matches or exceeds physician-level clinical diagnostic reasoning on text-based cases https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz4433

🔵The Lancet warns AI is reinforcing the "inverse care law" — health systems with the greatest need are least likely to be using AI tools https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00982-7/abstract

🔵AMA: Over 80% of physicians now use AI professionally – new 2026 survey data https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital-health/augmented-intelligence-medicine

🔵Forbes: How AI innovation may be widening the digital health divide for underserved communities https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisafitzpatrick/2026/05/15/tech-ignored-how-ai-innovation-is-widening-the-digital-health-divide/

🔵AI in Healthcare – what clinicians and NHS leaders need to know in 2026 https://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/article/ai-in-healthcare-what-you-need-to-know-in-2026/

🔵Digital health startups raised $4B in VC in Q1 2026 – strongest quarter since pandemic peak https://www.crescendo.ai/news/ai-in-healthcare-news

🔵AI agents in healthcare: applications, evaluations and future directions (review) https://www.nature.com/articles/s44387-026-00076-4

🔵Webinar – Claude Code in Healthcare: How Physicians Are Building with AI https://www.anthropic.com/webinars/claude-code-in-healthcare-how-physicians-are-building-with-claude

🔵The Lancet: AI-fabricated references found in thousands of published biomedical papers — a new threat to research integrity https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00798-1/abstract

🔵Healthcare AI Governance Readiness Assessment (HAIRA): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-026-02418-7

🔵Overcoming the Digital Divide in Health Care AI  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2404691

🔵Clinician of the Future 2026: Nurses Edition. 41% of nurses feel underrepresented in both AI use and organisational AI decision-making https://www.elsevier.com/insights/clinician-of-the-future/2026/nurses



🚨 Health AI & HealthTech Career Opportunities


🟣Head of AI Governance at Bupa https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4419436179 

🟣Healthcare AI Startups Lead - Digital Health at NVIDIA https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4401131425

🟣Technical Programme Manager, Health AI at Microsoft AI https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4377429600 

🟣AI Scientist - AI Governance at Novo Nordisk https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4418080880 

🟣AI Strategy & Transformation Lead at UK Biobank https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4412643983 

🟣Clinical Associate – Sales & Success at Heidi Health https://www.heidihealth.com/careers/d03435d7-e503-4e0f-8ae7-daab721e2a95

🟣Clinical Director, Metabolic Health at OURA https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oura/jobs/4242819009?gh_src=lbbc4gkk9us 

🟣AI Technical Lead at Cancer Research UK https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4415385698 

🟣Head of Product at Paloma Health https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4415680885 

🟣AI for Science Senior Policy Advisor at Department for Science, Innovation & Technology https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4417154749 

🟣Clinical Lead - New Products at Eucalyptus https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/eucalyptus/jobs/4694914005 

🟣Digital Natives Healthcare GTM Leader at Corti https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4377022068 

🟣Head of AI at Function Health (US) https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4407547492 

🟣Product Lead, Life Sciences at Abridge (US) https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4375089021 




 
 
 

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