HealthTech Hour

It can take up to 5 years to get a first Mental Health appointment in some parts of the UK. Large parts of this backlog are due to increase in demand, but Dr Melinda Rees, today's guest with Steve Roest, argues that administrative burden accounts for a huge amount. Dr. Melinda Rees is CEO of Psyomics, an integrated healthtech and biotech company that is redesigning how we access and interact with...

Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Dr Amar Ahmed, one of the UK's leading GPs and a long-time advocate of introducing technology to solve the massive problems we're seeing across the UK in frontline healthcare. Amar is a regular at No.10 and the United Nations, where he advises on integrating new tech into the healthcare system. Dr Amar Ahmed has been a GP partner for 24 years at a busy family G...

Mo is the inspirational founder and CEO of Patients Know Best which today has over 5 million registered patients and is working with over 100 health providers to release around 26.5 million data points every month. His mission is to give all patients access to their health data because it leads to better health for everyone. This is a fascinating deep-dive into an area that is continually touted a...

Speaking to Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc this week are Kelly and Morgan the co-founders of Perci Health, the UK’s largest virtual cancer clinic, delivering early detection, comprehensive cancer management, and survivorship support. They are on a mission to radically improve global cancer outcomes. After you've done the standard treatments, it can often feel like you're being kicked out without any p...

Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Nick Kaye, the Chair of the National Pharmacy Association. He is on a mission to save Community Pharmacy, in the face of huge changes in demand for healthcare and demands from Government about what pharmacies have to deliver in the new health landscape in the UK. He is a third-generation community pharmacist, cares deeply about the entire industry and is passio...

Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Shaun Stafford, who is a multi-time world champion in mens's fitness, founder of a leading chain of gyms (Cith Athletic) and was one of the very first official fitness social media influencers. He has been Spencer Matthew's personal trainer for over 10 years and helped Spencer on his recent world record breaking desert marathon event. Shaun is an advocate for M...

Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Nora Cavani, CEO and co-founder of Alba Health, about the importance of the first 1000 days of a child's microbiome - from pregnancy through to the early years. Nora is passionate that the first 1000 days dictates what health issues may occur in the future and by focusing on developing a healthy, diverse microbiome early, conditions such as allergies, eczema an...

Jane McLelland is a 3 time cancer survivor and advocate of a "middle path" - combining traditional proven treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy with previously unheralded approaches to nutrition and other areas of care. Russell Hopson is an established leader in the global advertising industry, having led agencies in the UK and Australia. He is currently in a drug trial having been diagnos...

Steve Roest speaks to the inspiring Rachel Carrell, a serial entrepreneur, Rhodes Scholar and mum of 3. Rachel is the founder and CEO of Koru Kids, one of the largest providers of nanny services in the UK and the clear market leader. On this show, Rachel takes us through a tour of UK childcare services, why they're so fragmented and difficult to navigate for parents and why they're letting parents...

Steve Roest speaks to Liz Hoggard, a national journalist who writes about health and wellbeing, women's issues, arts and lifestyle. She wrote a very popular article recently about lowering her own cholesterol without the help of statins and has a habit of experimenting on herself in the interests of journalism! This includes following a 1970s diet, among other great stories. Liz has written for th...

In this episode, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc and host of the HealthTech Hour speaks to Lottie Whyte, the amazing CEO and founder of MyoMaster. Lottie bootstrapped MyoMaster from day 1 with her husband (a professional rugby player) and has seen explosive growth in the last two years - including coming through Dragon's Den and putting Steven Bartlett in his place - to become the UK's fastest growing...

In this episode, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc and host of the HealthTech Hour speaks to Shay Speakman-Brown, the Head of Market Access for the UK and Ireland at Dexcom about the revolution in diabetes care, the human stories behind it and the technology that has driven it - and what's coming next. Dexcom were the first company in the world to invent the continuous glucose monitor and are the first t...

Dr Sara is a practicing NHS GP who has specialised in reproductive health. Dr Sara is also resident GP on ITV’s This Morning and a TV personality, which started off on the amazing show GPs behind closed doors. She is also a best-selling author and her first book How to Have a Baby, published earlier this year, is an empowering, unbiased guide and essential toolkit for pregnancy, labour, birth, bre...

Dr Hazel Wallace, aka the Food Medic is a former NHS doctor, registered associate nutritionist, personal trainer, author and founder of the platform, The Food Medic - where for the last 11 years it has been her mission to provide evidence-based nutrition and health information that is easy-to-follow and practical to implement. She has a new book coming out next year, called Not Just a Period (avai...

In this episode, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc and host of the HealthTech Hour speaks to Andrea Berchowitz, CEO and co-founder of Vira Health who have the mission of extending women's healthy lifespans, starting with the menopause. Vira do this through their groundbreaking Stella app, which provides not only content but clinical care. This episode is a wonderful deep dive into why digital menopause c...

In this week's show, Steve Roest speaks to Amber Vodegel, who among other things founded the world's #1 Pregnancy App, Pregnancy +. Amber is am incredibly successful digital healthtech entrepreneur, with expertise in scaling health apps using AI and deep analytics, with a proven track record of building impactful digital health solutions. Her latest venture, 28X, focuses on menstrual health educat...

Ahead of World Menopause Day on October 18th, Steve Roest, host of the HealthTech Hour and CEO of PocDoc is joined by TV presenter, writer and menopause campaigner, Linda Barker, alongside NHS England’s Menopause Lead, Bukky Ayoade. This show is a fantastic listen for anyone going through the menopause, worried about the menopause or with any questions. Both Linda and Bukky share their personal jo...

In this show, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc and host of the HealthTech Hour speaks to the inspirational and eloquent Henry Stoneley about how he and his team have built one of the best conference experiences in the world - including the science + art of creating an amazing human experience at HLTH Europe. From not taking money from speakers to secure speaking slots to outlawing questions to scientifi...

On this week's show, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Richie McGregor, who is the Head of Digital and Performance for Cumbria Health, a CQC rated outstanding social enterprise organisation delivering Primary and Urgent Care services throughout Cumbria. Cumbria and neighbouring Northumbria are the two most remote, most rural regions in the UK and have taken a very proactive, leading position on...

This week Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Tony Nicolaidis the Chief Commercial Officer for Origin AI, a company that invented Wi-Fi sensing technology and is revolutionising smart homes, healthcare, and home security. This technology is incredible and Tony does a good job of talking Steve through it. OriginAI have developed a technology that can detect the micro disruptions in WiFi signal cau...

In this episode Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Jamie Tomalin, Investment Manager at Triple Point Ventures, who are one of the UK's leading early funders of HealthTech and healthcare technology generally. Jamie is a deep thinker and thought leader in the HealthTech space and the wider startup scene. He has very interesting views on how healthcare systems should and could adopt technology more...

For the 100th episode, we have a very special guest... Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Daniel Nathrath, the co-founder and CEO of Ada Health. A serial entrepreneur, Daniel founded Ada in 2011 alongside a team of doctors, scientists and industry pioneers, combining AI technology with the world’s medical knowledge to create better outcomes for patients. Widely acknowledged as the most accurate...

Dr N. Tony Ahmed is one of the most senior and most experienced dentists in the NHS. He is a lifelong NHS dentist and in this episode he and Steve Roest go into the reality of the NHS dentistry crisis, why access to dentistry is a critical part of disease prevention and why it's important to "put the mouth back in the body" from a whole body health approach. Dr Tony Ahmed is a practicing dentist a...

In this episode Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc and host of the HealthTech Hour speaks to Dani Martin-Herranz is the Chief Science Officer and co-founder at Hurdle. Dani is a world-expert in the field of Epigenetics, which focuses on the "software" layer within humans that controls what our genes do - and is hailed as the key to extended lifespan. Dani was a scientist who then founded a diagnostic busi...

In this episode, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc and host of the HealthTech Hour speaks to Paul McGinness the Co-Founder and CEO of Lenus Health - focused on delivering predictive AI to transform the diagnosis and treatment of chronic conditions. COPD, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is the second highest cause of A&E visits, is a chronic condition that worsens over time. The prevalence a...