A sleep app which offers a digital six-week treatment programme could be used to replace sleeping pills for people suffering with insomnia. The proposed Sleepio app uses an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to provide individuals with tailored cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said it would save Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) money as well as reducing prescriptions of medicines such as zolpidem and zopiclone, which can be dependency forming. Their economic analysis found that healthcare costs were lowe…