The NSW government has confirmed it will invest $38.7 million to roll out AI scribe technology to up to 6000 clinicians across the state’s public health system, marking one of Australia’s largest announced deployments of ambient clinical documentation technology.
The funding, announced in the 2026-27 NSW Budget, will support “artificial Intelligence scribe technology for 6000 clinicians through $38.7 million”.
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In a statement to TMR, a NSW Health spokesperson said the investment would “support the roll out of AI Scribe technology for up to 6000 clinicians statewide, supporting enhanced patient experience and care, and reducing the administrative burden of manual documentation”.
The technology will be deployed “across a variety of clinical departments across the NSW Health public health system”, with high-priority use cases currently being identified through “an expert-led clinical and operational assessment” to determine which roles and departments are best suited to benefit.
The budget also allocated funding for “up to four foundational proof-of-concept initiatives” using AI.
NSW Health said these projects would focus on priority clinical and operational areas, including diagnostics, radiology, clinical decision-making, and patient flow.
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The budget papers described the investment as part of the government’s broader Future of Healthcare package.
NSW Health said planning for the initiatives, “including evaluation of potential solutions”, was being informed by the NSW Health AI Framework developed by the NSW Health AI Taskforce.
The department dodged TMR questions about which AI scribe platform would be used, whether a supplier had been selected, or when the statewide rollout would commence.
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