Healthcare AI Safety Gap · Don't break patients
    Commercial survey / litigationJan 2026·UK

    Survey: 59% of Britons now use AI to self-diagnose

    Commercial survey on the scale of public AI use for health questions.

    59%
    of UK adults (self-reported)

    What the research found

    A commercial survey reported that 59% of UK adults say they use AI for medical self-diagnosis, with especially high use among younger age groups. As a self-reported commercial survey it indicates scale rather than clinical accuracy.

    Why it matters for providers

    Self-diagnosis with general-purpose AI is already mainstream patient behaviour — the demand side of the risk.

    Original source
    Confused.com (commercial survey)
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    A commercial survey or unproven litigation — indicative only; treat with caution.