{"id":499698,"date":"2026-03-28T07:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499698\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T07:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:51:14","slug":"ai-to-be-used-in-bid-to-cut-barnsley-hospital-waiting-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499698\/","title":{"rendered":"AI to be used in bid to cut Barnsley Hospital waiting times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As well as the trial at Barnsley Hospital, residents and local businesses will also be offered the chance to gain AI skills through an \u00a3800,000 AI Upskilling Challenge Fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The spokesperson said the fund was &#8220;designed to ensure bespoke and in-depth AI training reaches businesses and individuals that might not otherwise access it, or require more personalised support&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It would open for applicants in May, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized organisations, they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sir Stephen Houghton, Barnsley Council leader, said the pilot schemes &#8220;will be the first real example of Tech Town in action&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The AI Upskilling Challenge Fund will play a crucial role in helping residents build future\u2011ready skills, adapt to technological change and remain competitive in an evolving labour market, while also allowing employers to future-proof their operations,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As well as the trial at Barnsley Hospital, residents and local businesses will also be offered the chance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-499698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}