Summary
For a GP who needs a 10 minute, 5 problem consultation finished, Wai Clinicians drafts the note, the referral letter and the codes, with cited guideline answers, at a published $350 a clinician a month after a 7 day trial. GPs, locums and salaried doctors can use it on their own account, without their practice buying anything.
General practice is the hardest test an ambient scribe faces. Ten-minute appointments, 5 problems in one visit, safety-netting that has to be written down, and a referral letter behind every third consult. A scribe tuned on tidy single-problem specialty clinics meets its match in a Monday morning surgery.
So the buying question for a GP is not which scribe drafts the prettiest note. It is which tool survives the multi-problem consult, writes the safety-netting faithfully, and takes the letters and the admin off your evening rather than leaving them there.
The one randomised trial in this category, run across 14 specialties, cut note-writing time 9.5 percent, about 41 seconds an encounter. Real, and modest. The larger win for a GP sits in everything around the note.
See it in your clinicWai drafts the note, the referral letters and the codes, and answers the front desk. Built for the whole surgery.
Request a demoWhat a GP should demand
4 things, in order. The multi-problem consult handled without merging problems into mush. Negations and safety-netting written exactly, because 'no chest pain' becoming 'chest pain' is the category's known failure mode. Referral letters drafted from the consult rather than started from a blank page. And UK data handling you can show an ICO auditor, with UK GDPR processing and DTAC answers on paper.
Any vendor that cannot show you all four on a live consult is selling you a demo, not a tool.
The realistic options
Inside NHS practice, the scribe built into the messaging tool you already run is the zero-friction first trial. One of the 2 products in the only large randomised trial carries the category's only randomised evidence. A widely used ambient scribe offers a usable £0 tier worth testing. All three are credible, and all 3 stop at the note.
For private GPs the calculus shifts. Your day includes self-pay billing, WhatsApp enquiries and recalls nobody else will do. Wai covers the consult, the letters with citations, the coding and the front desk on one record, with a published price and a 7 day trial.
The safety rule that does not move
Simulated-encounter research puts average scribe hallucination near 7 percent, worst wherever the tool infers rather than records. In general practice that means the examination and the safety-netting. The GP reads and signs every note, whichever product wins.
Wai shows its working and holds every patient-affecting action for human approval, which makes that reading fast rather than a second job.
The short answer
NHS GP, trial what you already have, then make a specialist beat it on your own consultations. Private GP, buy the system that covers the whole surgery. That is Wai, published price, live this week.
Bring your own clinic to it. Thirty minutes, and you see it on your workflows.
Request a demoFrequently asked questions
Which AI scribe is best for GPs?
Choose the one that finishes the consultation, not only the note. Wai Clinicians drafts the consultation note, then the referral letters, the codes and cited, guideline-backed answers from the same consult, works under UK GDPR with records hosted in the UK, and publishes its price at $350 a clinician a month with a 7 day trial. GPs can use it on their own account without the practice buying anything.
Do AI scribes cope with multi-problem GP consultations?
Multi-problem GP consultations are the hardest case for every scribe and the first thing to test. Run any candidate on a week of real surgeries and check that separate problems stay separate, negations are written exactly, and safety-netting appears word for word. The category's known failure mode is inferring rather than recording, so the GP signs every note whatever tool is used.
How much time does an AI scribe save a GP?
The only randomised trial, across 238 physicians and about 72,000 encounters, cut note-writing time by 9.5 percent, roughly 41 seconds per encounter, and did not reduce after-hours record time. The larger saving for a GP sits outside the note, in letters, coding and front-desk work, which is the part Wai covers alongside the consult.
What should a GP demand from an AI scribe?
4 things, in order. The multi-problem consult handled without merging problems into mush. Negations and safety-netting written exactly, because 'no chest pain' becoming 'chest pain' is the category's known failure mode. Referral letters drafted from the consult rather than started from a blank page. And UK data handling you can show an ICO auditor, with UK GDPR processing and DTAC answers on paper.
What is the safety rule for a GP using a scribe?
Simulated-encounter research puts average scribe hallucination near 7 percent, worst wherever the tool infers rather than records. In general practice that means the examination and the safety-netting. The GP reads and signs every note, whichever product wins.
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