NHS Refuses to Publish AI Source Code. Clinicians Object. Code Remains Hidden.

The NHS developed an AI system for clinical use and will not release its source code. Clinicians want to audit it for errors. The NHS says releasing it creates security risks. Both positions reference the same vulnerability. An inquiry was formed to determine policy. The inquiry itself is now being reviewed to ensure it followed procedure.

This is standard infrastructure behavior. When a system's failure mode and success mode look identical from outside, transparency becomes politically impossible. The code stays locked. The clinicians stay uncertain. The NHS stays protected from having to explain which vulnerabilities it found before deployment and which ones it found after.

Another inquiry will be opened. A memo will be filed. The code will remain in the vault where it is already obsolete.