SomX

Healthtech Pigeon

Health EN ↓ 196 episodes

Like normal healthtech news but, you know, not boring. The team at SomX bring you the audio version of the weekly Healthtech Pigeon newsletter - a panel show with journalists, VCs, podcasters, entrepreneurs, execs and those with a strong opinion to make things interesting. Regular hosts and guests are Dr James Somauroo, Jessica Smith, Belle Taylor, Huw Penson, Jess Farmery from the SomX team.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🚀 Learn how SomX can help your healthtech company at www.somx.health

Author

SomX

Episodes

Are we tracking too much, or not enough? 05.07.2026 53:11

Jessica and Anna from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

What happens when NHS waiting times become searchable? 28.06.2026 31:51

Jessica and James from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week. 00:00 - Intro 01:49 - A doctor built the NHS waiting-times comparison the e-RS dashboard won’t give you 14:03 - Pastest buys Medics’ Money, and the “doctor life-admin” stack quietly consolidates 21:02 - Meanwhile, the NHS throws £8m at AI to shrink those same waiting lists 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.co...

HLTH Europe 2026 Recap & What Did Midjourney Announce? 21.06.2026 57:36

James from SomX chatted through all the best news from HLTH 2026, with Motic's Harvinder Power. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

How do we get digital health beyond the pilot phase? 14.06.2026 59:11

Jessica from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with Heather Cook, Fiona McCormick and Toby Croft. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

Can patients trust pharma with their health data? 07.06.2026 27:26

Jessica from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with Coulter Partners' Ian Coyne. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

What happens when sport, longevity and biohacking collide? 31.05.2026 52:30

James from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with Freyr Health and Panio 's Dr Tomasz George 00:00 - Intro 05:08 - The Enhanced Games are real, and they’re equal parts entertaining and concerning 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX te...

Can AI fix the NHS workforce crisis? 24.05.2026 44:58

James from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with Patchwork's Dr Anas Nader 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

Wearables, Whistleblowers & a Resignation We Did Not Plan For 17.05.2026 36:57

Jess and James are back from a brief hiatus to break down three of the biggest stories shaping healthtech right now. First, Whoop hires its first in-app doctor and Google launches the Fitbit Air - signalling that consumer wearables and primary care are converging faster than anyone expected. They get into what happens when your health data lives across competing ecosystems, the case for portabilit...

Can ChatGPT really be trusted by clinicians? 26.04.2026 45:45

Belle and James from SomX chat through all the best news from this week. Stories: Palantir's NHS break clause is suddenly very much on the table OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Clinicians, a free AI tool for physicians, NPs and pharmacists The Women's Health Strategy arrived with a £1.5m FemTech fund and a very quotable Streeting line 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a...

Can the NHS walk away from Palantir? 19.04.2026 41:45

Jessica and James from SomX chat through all the best news from this week with Dr Jing Ouyang CGO and Co-Founder of Patchwork Health. 00:00 - Intro 09:10 - FDP: An Insider's Perspective 28:21 - WHOOP affiliate selected for CMS innovation program Stories: https://www.bartlettdata.co.uk/post/blog-coming-soon https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/whoop-affiliate-selected-for-cms-innovation-program-to...

What does the future of healthtech regulation look like? 12.04.2026 39:25

Jessica and James from SomX chat through all the best news from this week with Hardian Health's Dr Hugh Harvey. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

Are we headed for a Microsoft monopoly in health AI? 29.03.2026 1:01:13

Jessica and Belle from SomX chat through all the best news from this week. 31:04 - Introducing Perplexity Health 35:48 - How AI is Giving Back Time to NHS Healthcare Teams 48:11 - Under 50% of NHS staff receive basic EPR training 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more abo...

Up to 81% of doctors use AI. So why can't you? 22.03.2026 34:15

Jessica and James from SomX chat through all the best news from this week. 04:14 - Google wants Fitbit to know your medical history. Sure, why not ? 12:24 - Clinicians are using AI, but would prefer patients not to 23:45 - The therapy gap is 1.6 billion people. Limbic wants AI to help 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hs...

What is it going to take to see changes in women's health? 15.03.2026 49:13

Jessica and Belle from SomX chat through all the best news from this week. The conversation PR isn't having about motherhood Hertility Preventative Healthcare Report 2026 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

The role of arts in mental health and wellbeing 11.03.2026 50:45

James from SomX chats through all the best news from this week with Sarah Ticho from The XR Health Alliance 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health Resources https://www.soulpaint.co/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32139436/

Can precision diagnostics be made more accessible? 01.03.2026 48:35

Jessica from SomX chat through all the best news from this week with Christoph Ruedig from Albion VC and Celestin de Wergifosse from Signatur Bio. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

What does "Explainable AI" in healthcare truly mean? 22.02.2026 1:00:18

Jessica from SomX chats through all the best news from this week with Hansen Tsui from Sanome. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📩 The Frontline to Future Programme: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=UglbX3rL7EOvsyzDANJf3_3KjfX81WRFnBQLcyAq8E9UNE1LT0JJVUVQS0VVV0...

Is Apple being cautious, or falling behind in health? 15.02.2026 59:28

Jessica and Harry from SomX chat through all the best news from this week with Niki Loboda from Whereby and Carlo Alberto Gaetaniello from Serenis. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

Why are scientists using neurons as computers? 08.02.2026 34:42

Jessica and Harry from SomX explore three stories from the latest edition of the Healthtech Pigeon Newsletter. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

Reliable for Whom? AI & wearables in health 01.02.2026 49:56

Belle from SomX is joined by Jess Heck and Katrina Baxter-Moore from Jane App, and Andreas Bovens from Whereby. In this episode they delve into this weeks top news picks from the Healthtech Pigeon newsletter. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at h...

Wearable Brain Imaging 25.01.2026 43:29

James, Jess, and Harry are joined by Patrick Beldon, CEO and Co-Founder at Cortirio, to delve into this weeks neuroscience news and talk about how Cortirio are working on portable brain imaging! Learn more about Cortirio: https://cortirio.com/ 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 🖇 C...

Designing Telehealth for trust 18.01.2026 56:03

Jessica welcomes Andreas Bovens and Calvin Bowen from whereby to discuss the evolving landscape of Telehealth and the integration of technology in healthcare. Learn more about Whereby: https://whereby.com/ 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn: https...

Will OpenAI win Consumer Health? 11.01.2026 47:28

SomX’s James Somauroo, Jess Somauroo, and Harry Salt dive into a week of big news from OpenAI with Dr Harvinder Power, Co-Founder and CEO at Motics. Join us to unpack ChatGPT Health. The good, the bad, and the ugly. 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - OpenAI Report: AI as a Healthcare Ally + ChatGPT Health 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://...

Is AI making us more lonely? 21.12.2025 50:23

SomX’s Belle Taylor and Harry Salt dive into this week's healthtech news with Prof. Susan Shelmerdine, Associate Professor of Radiology / AI at UCL Great Ormond St Hospital. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Susan on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Harry on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX t...

Inside the Mind of a Healthtech VC 14.12.2025 34:24

SomX’s Jessica Somauroo interviews Healthtech VC Andrew Elder. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health