NHS England announced on Sunday that it is accelerating AI adoption by providing 505,000 clinicians and support staff with access to Microsoft 365 Copilot, in the largest implementation of its kind in the healthcare sector. The agreement follows an initial trial across 30,000 NHS workers, which found that using Copilot saved users 43 minutes on administration per day, enabling health workers to focus more time on care. The agreement includes access to Copilot Studio, enabling NHS England to build and deploy AI agents to streamline existing processes with governance provided through Agent 365. Deployment will be supported by an extensive adoption and AI skilling program. Health Innovation and Safety Minister, Preet Kaur Gill, said: "Technology should support our NHS staff, not slow them down."