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ENTERPRISE RAG & KNOWLEDGE

A clinical knowledge assistant for an NHS trust

client
NHS Trust
industry
Healthcare
services
Enterprise RAG · Governance
duration
7 months
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// OVERVIEW

NHS Trust — a healthcare organisation — engaged Skillikz on clinical knowledge assistant: Fast, cited access to guidelines and pathways for clinicians. This case study sets out the business challenge, the AI-led approach we took, the technologies involved and the measurable outcomes delivered over 7 months.

// TECHNOLOGIES
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seconds
to guidance
cited
to source
role-based
access
guideline adherence
01 // THE CHALLENGE

Clinicians spent valuable time searching for the latest guidelines across fragmented systems, with no quick way to verify currency.

02 // OUR APPROACH

We delivered a governed assistant that retrieves trust-approved guidelines and pathways, always citing the source and respecting role-based access.

RAG over approved clinical guidelines
Role-based, permission-aware retrieval
Citations and freshness indicators
Strict governance and audit by design
03 // THE RESULTS

Clinicians get cited guidance in seconds, improving adherence and freeing time for care — within a strict governance and audit framework.

It gives our teams the right guidance at the point of care, with the source to back it up.

CCIO · NHS Trust
// HOW WE'D DELIVER THIS TODAY

The AI services behind this outcome

A project like this draws on a focused set of Skillikz services — from first assessment to a working pilot and a clear path to scale.

// MORE WORK
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