Anderson – who is senior charge nurse at Inverurie Hospital – told BBC Scotland News a staff member who was “extremely Doric” caused the technology, which is called Corti, some issues.

“But it is gradually getting better”, she said.

“We have had lots of laughs with the teuchter accent we have in our area.

“Sometimes it does not always pick up the Doric accent but we are getting lots of meaningful conversations from people as well and that really helps with patient care.”

Anderson added that the so-called ambient voice technology meant nurses were spending less time writing up notes and could be more involved in conversations with their patients.

On average, it would tend to take her about 20 minutes to fill out patient notes, but Corti allows her to do it in about seven.