<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ladds, Emma</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barry, Eleanor</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dixon, Sharon</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dakin, Francesca H</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ambient scribes in general practice — help or hindrance?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">British Journal of General Practice</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2026</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2026-08-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">376-379</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3399/BJGP.2026.0097</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">76</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">769</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The recent Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England promises a techno-utopian future. The NHS will be liberated from efficiency challenges, resource constraints, and the supply-and-demand gap by new, integrated technological advancements.1 Similar convictions have inspired governments since the introduction of the computer in the 1980s, resulting in electronic health records (EHRs), algorithmic guidelines, systematised data collection, and centralised incentivisation systems.Such advances have transformed primary care. EHRs and population-level data have strengthened epidemiological understanding, supported clinical trials, and informed more targeted treatment and prevention strategies. Digital access and remote consulting have expanded routes into care and increased the speed and efficiency of communication. Technological platforms have enabled greater workload distribution, efficacy of administrative and transactional tasks, and contributed to greater activity.2 However, there have been unintended consequences. Care has become increasingly transactional and fragmented,3 compromising both quality of care and staff wellbeing.4,5 Increasing activity has not necessarily translated into improvements in outcomes, and inequalities have been exacerbated by variable digital literacy and infrastructure.5 Moreover, quantifiable, technological knowledge has been promoted above human instincts, experience, and values, leading to what some have called a ‘crisis of care’ within the NHS.6 Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have the potential to intensify both the benefits and challenges of technology. One recent study of general practice patients and staff revealed a belief that AI could reduce clinician workload, speed up patient access, and improve safety by supporting triage, prioritisation, and decision making.7 However, participants also highlighted the risk of depersonalising care, raised concerns about safety in complex cases and the reliability of patient data entry, and emphasised the need for strong clinical oversight to maintain trust and prevent errors.Here we consider some of the major arguments made for ‘AI scribes’ in …</style></abstract></record></records></xml>