Biography

Lord Tarassenko has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches in the Lords, focusing on the use of patient data and artificial intelligence in healthcare settings. His contributions have centred on data security and access issues, drawing on his experience as a researcher working with patient datasets and as founder of an AI healthcare spin-out company. He has also contributed to committee work on large language models and generative AI applications in the health sector.

Generated from their own Hansard record, below

…cs and treatments that are saving thousands of lives: for example, through polygenic risk scores being added to heart disease risk measurement, through non-invasive diagnosis of fatty liver disease and through near real-time automated cardiac MRI analysis.

Record by topic

  1. Diabetes152nd of 1902.5
  2. A&E & ambulance response222nd of 2582.0
  3. Heart disease & stroke324th of 3982.0
  4. Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0

What they’ve said

  • …utpatient appointments across the trust had to be cancelled, and members of the public were told not to use the emergency department at one of the hospitals in the trust. All clinical systems remained completely offline for nine days. I mentioned the EPR Cerner Millennium. Cerner is now part of Oracle Health.

    Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill · 2026-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • My Lords, I rise to speak as the founder of two AI spin-outs, and I draw the House’s attention to my registered interests as the founder-director of Oxehealth, a University of Oxford spin-out that uses AI for healthcare applications. I am also the author of three copyrighted books.

    Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] · 2025-05-12 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • …oks, research papers and content from trusted websites such as those maintained by, for example, NHS England or Diabetes UK. A simple example of such an LMM will help to illustrate the power of this approach for decision support—not decision-making—in healthcare.

    Large Language Models and Generative AI (Communications and Digital Committee Report) · 2024-11-21 · Read on Hansard ↗

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