SomX
Healthtech Pigeon
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
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Episodes
Menopause diagnostics, rising innovators & healthtech’s 2025 wrapped 07.12.2025 43:42
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Harry Salt dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:52 - Forbes 30 Under 30 13:20 - Forbes 30 Under 30 Alumnus Develops Diagnostic Tool for Menopause 24:20 - 2025 Wrapped 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with H arry on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more abo...
The real power of XR for mental health therapy 30.11.2025 55:21
SomX’s James Somauroo and Harry Salt dive into this week's healthtech news with Ross O'Brien from The XR Health Alliance. 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - Major Report Maps UK’s Extended Reality (XR) Health Market 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Ross on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Harry on LinkedIn...
Will we see an end to the GLP-1 gold rush? 23.11.2025 28:59
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Belle Taylor dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 12:16 - MANUAL Is In The MONEY 16:10 - Got a Clue? Well Yes, Since You Asked… 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
Why is women's health content being censored? 16.11.2025 46:49
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Harry Salt dive into this week's healthtech news with help from Numan's Grace Hatton and SomX's James Somauroo. 00:00 - Intro 03:02 - NHS Job Cuts: The £1 Billion Bureaucracy Bonfire 12:12 - Women's Health Being Shadow Banned? 27:05 - OpenAI Wants To Push Beyond a Core AI Offering 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using thi...
70% of NHS digital tools have no legal safety sign-off 09.11.2025 35:44
SomX’s James Somauroo and Curistica's Dr Keith Grimes dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:02 - The NHS’s “Wild West” of 10,000 Unchecked Health Apps 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Keith on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
How AI is revolutionising cancer diagnosis 02.11.2025 41:31
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 02:26 - NHS launches AI-powered tool to speed up prostate cancer diagnosis 16:38 - Do we need AI guardians to protect us from health information overload? // The anatomy of a personal health agent Do you have a project that tackles an urgent priority in women’s health? Ripple Women’s Digital Health Chal...
What can we learn from the government's new women's health strategy? 26.10.2025 42:51
SomX’s Belle Taylor and The BMJ's Helen Surana, dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 02:35 - Government announces Women's Health Strategy to be renewed 19:40 - Cyclana Bio raises £5m to boost women's health 29:09 - Scientists develop breakthrough approach to detecting endometriosis in menstrual blood 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest u...
Is the future of heart disease management technology first? 19.10.2025 28:35
SomX’s Belle Taylor and Harry Salt, dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Oura hits $11bn valuation after $900m Series E 18:41 - First look at Hello Heart’s AI assistant for medication management : 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Harry on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more ab...
Is ambient voice technology the future of healthcare? 12.10.2025 51:57
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Nick Prentice, healthcare strategist, dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 05:40 - NHS launches virtual hospital 23:05 - Lauxera Capital closes €400M health tech fund, bets big on European innovation going global 35:00 - Fast-growing healthtech platform Heidi raises $65m and boosts valuation to $465m 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ A...
What do we lose as virtual healthcare becomes the norm? 05.10.2025 33:52
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 18:40 - NHS launches virtual hospital 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
How can telehealth solve healthcare's biggest challenges? 28.09.2025 48:16
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Belle Taylor dive into this week's healthtech news with help from Whereby's Niki Loboda and Hannah Jelliman 00:00 - Intro 02:44 - The State of Virtual Care 33:43 - World’s Top HealthTech Companies of 2025 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn 🖇...
What are the benefits of the breast milk microbiome? 21.09.2025 36:35
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news with help from BoobyBiome's Lydia Mapstone. 00:00 - Intro 02:08 - British startup BoobyBiome raises €2.8 million for infant health with breast milk microbiome breakthrough 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with...
What are the benefits of the breast milk microbiome? 21.09.2025 36:35
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news with help from BoobyBiome's Lydia Mapstone. 00:00 - Intro 02:08 - British startup BoobyBiome raises €2.8 million for infant health with breast milk microbiome breakthrough 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with...
How do healthcare professionals truly feel about digital health? 14.09.2025 36:15
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and DNV's Stephen McAdam dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 03:53 - Digital Health Gains Still Out of Reach, BMJ Commission Finds 21:12 - Accelerating Digital Health: DNV Ventures invests in Patients Know Best`s global expansion of personal health records 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Co...
The ethical dilemmas of AI in healthcare 07.09.2025 32:22
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Belle Taylor dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:48 - Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt 18:25 - Soul Machines unveils empathetic AI ‘Digital Workforce’ for healthcare 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect w...
Is ChatGPT worsening mental health crises? 31.08.2025 55:23
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Amy Thomas dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 02:10 - Are AI Chatbots Making Mental Health Crises Worse? // Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAI 30:40 - Mounjaro price inequality in full play 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect wit...
Is tech allowing us to be more human? 24.08.2025 36:43
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo, Amy Thomas and Taffy Kahari dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - The warning signs the AI bubble is about to burst 18:36 - MND left her without a voice. Eight seconds of scratchy audio gave it back to her 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect wit...
Preventive healthcare is the future 17.08.2025 45:32
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo, Amy Thomas and Hollie Ruda are joined dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 02:34 - Beyond the AI buzz: Nina Capital’s critical view on healthtech hype 19:45 - 9 out of 10 Brits changed their lifestyle after clinically-guided at-home blood tests, new study finds 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form...
Why healthtech regulation is sexy 10.08.2025 47:55
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Amy Thomas are joined Sanome's Benedikt von Thüngen as they dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - MEMORI becomes first UK-built, certified software-as-a-medical device for real-time infection prediction 27:03 - ChatGPT adds mental health guardrails after reports of bot feeding people’s delusions 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍...
The challenges facing longevity startups 03.08.2025 33:37
Daisy, Belle and Hollie from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter. 00:00 Intro 01:26 Let a breakthrough in measuring body clocks ease the ills of shiftwork 12:19 Why VC-Backed Longevity Startups Are Dying In A $5 Trillion Wellness Market 23:58 This DNA test can predict if a 5-year-old will be obese as an adult 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be...
Can AI chatbots have more emotional intelligence than humans? 27.07.2025 38:29
SomX’s Amy Thomas, Hollie Ruda and Taffy Kahari dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:04 - Artificial Intelligence, real emotions — AI is more emotionally intelligent than humans, new study finds 14:55 - Medical chatbot firm OpenEvidence raises $210m 25:50 - Black women ‘denied pain relief’ on NHS maternity wards 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a...
Tackling the stigma around obesity 20.07.2025 55:37
SomX’s Amy Thomas and Daisy Makin dive into this week's healthtech news with Reset Health's Dr Laura Falvey 00:00 - Intro 04:55 - Tandem Health raises $50M Series A to scale its AI scribe across the NHS 19:12 - NHS staff unsettled by patients filming care and posting videos on social media 29:20 - Weight loss jabs 'may protect against dementia and stroke', study suggests 🗞 Grab the newsletter at...
How can we see real scale in the NHS? 13.07.2025 52:23
SomX’s Belle Taylor and Huw Penson dive into this week's healthtech news with PocDoc's Steve Roest 00:00 - Intro 02:25 - Tech-led NHS could boost UK economy by £40bn 29:00 - Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push 42:50 - Comprehensive policies for scaling systemic and equitable integration of digital health technologies 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com...
Is the NHS 10-Year plan worth reading? 06.07.2025 1:00:29
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Huw Penson dive into the NHS 10 Year Plan with Malte Gerhold and Liam Cahill. 00:00 - Intro 04:00 - 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Malte on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Liam on L...
How is AI helping to speed up diagnosis? 29.06.2025 39:09
SomX’s Belle Taylor, Andrew Hair and Leed's Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Dr Fahmid Chowdhury dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories. 00:43 - New AI chest X-ray software to speed up diagnosis and improve patient care 21:35 - NHS plans to DNA test all babies to assess disease risk 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Belle o...
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