AI agents in GP practices could save the NHS about £75 million a year and free up the equivalent of 150,000 additional appointments weekly by automating GP practice document management across England.

A OneAdvanced report reinforces the potential £75 million annual saving and up to 150,000 extra GP appointments per week through automating GP practice document management.

OneAdvanced stresses clinician involvement in development to ensure workload relief and more time for patients, from a GP viewpoint on reducing admin burden.

Pilot GP surgeries adopting the solution include Middlewood Partnership in Cheshire, Wyre Forest Health Partnership in Worcestershire, and New Islington Medical Practice in Lancashire.

Context on security history: OneAdvanced (formerly Advanced) suffered a ransomware attack in 2022, and in 2025 was fined £3.07 million by the ICO for security failings that compromised thousands of users’ data.

Related corporate moves include OneAdvanced’s 2025 acquisition of INPS assets tied to Vision, Scotland’s main GP software, alongside broader NHS digital ambitions outlined in the ten-year plan and neighbourhood care initiatives.

Early pilots across 143 GP practices showed 95% of users observed improved workflows and meaningful time savings during adoption.

Real-world use in 143 practices reports strong user gains in productivity and streamlined processes.

OneAdvanced’s platform already serves over 2,500 GP practices in the UK, supporting more than 40 million patients across 4,000+ GP practices and 160 NHS Trusts.

Findings bolster ongoing discussions about integrating automation into NHS administrative processes and the future role of technology in British healthcare.

Two AI agents—Clinical Coding Agent and Clinical Summarisation Agent—are built to process incoming clinical documents, allowing staff to focus more on patient care.

These agents extend OneAdvanced’s GP Document Workflow (Docman), with the Coding Agent suggesting SNOMED codes and the Summarisation Agent producing concise summaries for faster review.

The Clinical Coding Agent proposes SNOMED codes to improve record quality, while the Clinical Summarisation Agent creates concise summaries of correspondence for staff review, both built on Docman.

The projected productivity gains are framed as freeing clinical staff to spend more time with patients by cutting administrative burdens, aligning with the NHS’s 10-year transformation plan.

The full report details the £75 million annual saving, grounded in time saved through automation and redeployment into more appointments, with benefits including improved accuracy and consistency of clinical records.

Dr Paul Wright and Ric Thompson of OneAdvanced emphasized clinical usability and real-world workload relief without adding burdens on GPs.