Best example of AI adoption or procurement between industry and government. Our judges have shortlisted five finalists. Read about each one, then cast your vote.
01Meet the finalists02Cast your vote03Watch the live results
Advai has partnered with the Ministry of Defence's Defence AI Centre and the National Security Strategic Investment Fund to build Model Arena, a secure, independent platform that tests and compares suppliers' AI models against Defence requirements, up to SECRET level.
In one Royal Navy competition, models were tested against 15 operational factors on 545,000 samples. Competitions now take three weeks, model reliability improved by 13% on average, and the platform underpins a live tender for drone-swarm AI.
Judges' analysis
The judges saw Model Arena as a clear exemplar for evidence-led AI procurement: built in the UK, endorsed at ministerial level and designed to be reused across the public sector.
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust
AI-Assisted Discharge Summarisation
Nominated by Shubhra Kamat, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, working with NHS England and Palantir, has introduced AI that drafts patient discharge summaries from the hospital record. Clinicians check and edit every draft before it is filed, and the AI never decides when a patient goes home.
Around 3,500 summaries have been produced across six specialties, saving clinicians five to ten minutes each. In a clinical study the AI drafts outperformed human-written summaries in 20 of 21 quality measures, and the tool is now a registered medical device approved for everyday use.
Judges' analysis
The judges recognised an NHS AI exemplar with strong governance, clear clinical accountability and learning shared nationally.
Hampshire County Council
Beam Notes
Nominated by Mark Acheson, Beam
Hampshire County Council's adult and children's social care services introduced Beam Notes after a six-week pilot, buying it jointly through the G-Cloud framework. With a person's consent, practitioners record conversations and Beam drafts case notes and assessments in the council's own templates, which staff check before filing.
Of 2,387 staff with accounts, 1,864 are active users. The council's own analysts found around 20% higher productivity in recording, and estimate that more than 3,000 staff days a year are released for time with the people they support.
Judges' analysis
The judges recognised a fast, carefully governed rollout with results measured by the council itself, and a model other councils could readily follow.
Jadu, a Netcall Company
Agent-Ex Search
Nominated by Paul Stanton, Netcall
Agent-Ex Search is an AI search for council websites that answers residents' questions in plain language, in more than 70 languages, using only the council's own content and showing the sources it used.
It is live with three local authorities serving communities of more than 1.5 million residents, with more UK councils and Henrico County in Virginia joining. Each deployment includes quality checks, monitoring and governance, and Netcall works with council digital teams to build their own AI skills.
Judges' analysis
The judges recognised a repeatable approach that councils can adopt with confidence, and a focus on building councils' own capability rather than dependence on the supplier.
ThinkSono
ThinkSono
Nominated by Fouad Al Noor, ThinkSono
ThinkSono's AI guides nurses and other health staff to detect deep vein thrombosis, blood clots that are a leading cause of preventable deaths in hospital, using ultrasound at the point of care.
It is being adopted by NHS Trusts in London, Doncaster and Manchester and is used in five other countries. At Chelsea and Westminster, 80% of patients received a diagnosis within 30 minutes, compared with four hours or more on the usual pathway.
Judges' analysis
The judges recognised a meaningful change to a patient pathway, moving diagnosis to the point of care, with clear patient benefit already seen in NHS hospitals.
Live results
Votes so far. Results are updated regularly while voting is open.
Advai
0
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust
0
Hampshire County Council
0
Jadu
0
ThinkSono
0
0 votes castLast updated: awaiting first votes
Cast your vote
Choose one finalist and tell us who you are.
You can vote once in this category, and you are welcome to vote in every category. If the same email address votes more than once in a category, only the most recent vote is counted. The People's Vote runs alongside the independent judging panel's assessment.
