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Healthtech Pigeon

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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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Nov 8, 2026

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Episodes

Promises, Prophesies and Penguins 🐧 17.09.2023

Join James, Jess Farmery and Huw as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week:  [00:35] - NHS England publishes 2023-2024 business plan with focus on digital [10:50] - Medical technology outstripping other sectors in AI innovation [18:40] - Could robot penguins be the answer to bed-blocking in the NHS? 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to b...

Why did Babylon Health fail? 📉🤷🏻‍♂️ 03.09.2023

Join Huw, Hollie, Indi and Hardian Health's Dr Hugh Harvey as they take a deep-dive into the week's healthtech news and views and conduct a post-mortem following the news that Babylon Health's UK operations have been sold. This week:  [00:50] - The fall of Babylon: Failed telehealth startup once valued at $2B goes bankrupt, sold for parts [23:25] - Huma taps Google Cloud’s generative AI tools for...

A virtual smorgas-ward 🛏️ 27.08.2023

Join Jessica, James, Huw and BlackandBrownSkin Founder Malone Mukwende as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views.  This week:  [00:30] - Black and Brown Skin launches chrome extension to show users health-related images from various skin tones on any health website globally [12:00] - There’s a disconnect between health tech and the people it’s supposed to hel p  [23:00] -...

(Clinical) Trials and Tribulations 🧪 20.08.2023

Join Jessica, James, Huw and Lindus Health Cofounder Michael Young (in a cameo appearance) as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views.  This week:  [00:45] - Lindus Health, a U.K. clinical trials startup backed by Peter Thiel, raises $18M [10:55] - Digital Health Company Babylon Shutters U.S. Business, Lays Off Employees [23:50] - 'NHS staff just want tech that works'   🗞 G...

Funding, Fertility & Phenoxymethylpenicillin 🧫 13.08.2023

Join James, Belle and new SomX recruit, Chaz, as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week:  [01:40] - Seeking sleep without popping pills? Ozlo emerges from stealth? [07:20] - Getting personal: a wearable for precision antibiotic dosing [18:40] - Amazon partners with Maven to offer reproductive care to employees 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️...

We need to talk about Chatbots ✋ 06.08.2023

Join James, Huw and Healthily CEO Matteo Berlucchi as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week:  [01:45] - PIGEON EX-COO-SIVE: AI self-care platform Healthily lifts the lid on its new health information chatbot, ‘DOT’ [25:30] - Patient data: more than half of UK public don’t trust AI 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using th...

Catastrophe? What Catastrophe? 💣 28.07.2023

Join Jess, Huw, Jessica, and special guest Dr Muhunthan Thillai for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [01:30] - Nothing artificial but plenty of intelligence as AstraZeneca and Qureight launch AI play [10:30] - Hippocratic AI raises $15M and more digital health fundings [18:20] - Health in 2040: projected patterns of illness in England 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpi...

And Our Survey Says... 📣 22.07.2023

Join Huw, Belle and Hollie for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [01:35] - This AI chatbot has helped doctors treat 3 million people–and may be coming to a hospital near you [11:45] - Bridging the communication divide and tackling health inequality [20:20] - Intel Capital, Khosla lead $27M investment into SiPhox Health’s at-home blood-testing tech 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www....

EUREKA! 🤯 15.07.2023

Join Huw, Jess Farmery and Aoife Fordham for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [01:55] - Majority of public want digital health apps to be used in NHS [12:10] - Telehealth should not be considered a one-size-fits-all-diseases solution: study [19:40] - Slow roll out and a lack of direction hindering digital health services [29:10] - Eureka Health Raises $7M in Funding 🗞 Grab th...

Come for the party, stay for the cake 🎂 08.07.2023

Join Jessica, James and Konrad for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [00:12] - The Case for Change - 75 Years On, An NHS Focused On Adoption And Scale of Tech For Greater Patient Benefit [14:40] - 7️⃣ NHS England sets out seven short-term digital priorities 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn...

Failure is a type of exit, right? 30.06.2023

Join Jessica, James and Abeyna for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [01:30] - NHS digital health check-ups launched 'to ease pressure on GPs' [24:10] - The telehealth services we all relied on during COVID are fading away — but telemedicine may be entering a new era as providers look to bring the clinic home [40:50] - Digital health company Babylon Health to go private in mer...

Health, wealth, legs & lizards 🦎 25.06.2023

Join James, Jess Farmery and Huw for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [00:50] - the implications of the metaverse for future healthcare, treatment and medical education [07:15] - AI can make healthcare more accurate, accessible, and sustainable [14:40] - The Viability Of The Digital Healthcare Sector In 2023 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a g...

Health, Out now on DVD 📀 16.06.2023

Join Jessica, James, Huw and THC Primary Care's Tara Humphrey for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [04:05] - Majority of public happy to use health technology to avoid going into hospital, new research shows [14:55] - “Building and maintaining trust is crucial to realising the benefits of AI” – CDEI publishes portfolio of AI assurance techniques [25:30] - Achieving health equ...

Deal or No Deal 🤑 10.06.2023

Join Jessica, James and Dama Health's Elena Rueda for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [04:50] - Pharma giant Bayer moves deeper into digital health with new business unit [23:40] - Re:Cognition Health opens concussion clinic featuring brain-scanning tech [32:30] - Davina McCall's Pill Revolution 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using t...

The Buzzword Generator 02.06.2023

Join James, Huw and FITFILE's Philip Russmeyer for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [02:25] - NHS data breach: trusts shared patient details with Facebook without consent [26:35] - NHS and Government back AHSNs to continue to lead innovation, under new name [41:20] - The AI revolution can put patients at the centre of NHS 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ A...

Pigeon for PM 28.05.2023

Join Jessica, James, and Katherine Church for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [02:30] - Technology can help transform the NHS says Starmer [24:40] - How to close the gender health gap 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Katherine on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn

St(h)ealth mode 🤿 19.05.2023

Join Jessica, James, Indi and Dr Michelle Griffin, for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [02:00] - The new science of the menopause: Could delaying it be better for your health? [22:15] - Longevity Startup InsideTracker Launches Women’s Healthspan Extension With New Female Biomarker Analysis [39:10] - WHO calls for safe and ethical AI for healt h 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.h...

Healthcare's big guano problem 🐷 13.05.2023

Join Jessica, Jess, Huw and Dr Grace Hatton, for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  [01:25] - Shares in Babylon fall sharply on news of moves to take private [11:15] - The ‘innovative practice’ should not be the basis of a recovery plan [21:10] - Coming To Terms With The Healthcare Industry’s Inauthenticity Epidemic [39:40] - Outperforming doctors and dealing with hallucination...

A Pigeon-sized pile-on 🐦 07.05.2023

Join James, Jessica, Huw and Derrick Khor, cancer doctor and founder of Adopt-A-Doc for another week of healthtech news and views. This week:  🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form 🖇 Connect with Derrick on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at...

E.T.'s chronic condition 👽 28.04.2023

Join James, Jessica, Huw and Digital Health advisor Junaid Hussain for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: (02:43) - - NHS staff in Scotland say technology key to future healthcare (16:35) - - Amazon & 3M Will Use Generative AI To Ease Documentation For Healthcare Providers (33:26) - - BT launches ‘virtual ward’ tech to take pressure off NHS frontline

Big-tech Battle Royale 👑 22.04.2023

Join James, Jessica, Indi and Huw for another week of healthtech news and views. (00:35) - - Digital health revolution: Almost half of people in Wales using technology to manage health (09:35) - - 🥷 Google, Microsoft and startups test out generative AI in healthcare 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect wit...

Doom, Gloom & Yoon-icorns 🦄 15.04.2023

Join James, Jess and Huw for another week of healthtech news and views. [01:10] - 📃 OpenAI-powered app from Microsoft will instantly transcribe patient notes during doctor visits [08:05] - 🍐 Pear Therapeutics files for bankruptcy [19:00] - 🧑‍🏫 4 Lessons Health Tech Companies Should Know to Reach $100M ARR 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form 🖇 C...

A 60 second diagnosis? ⏱️ 01.04.2023

Join James, Jessica, Liam Cahill for another week of healthtech news and views. [03:20] - 📃 11 things I'd like to see national bodies tackle to make UK healthtech more viable [22:15] - 🩹 ‘ Smart bandage’ with biosensors could help chronic wounds heal [31:40] - 📲 Babylon Health virtual GP app faces cash crunch (£) [41:50] - 🤬 Bayer plans to scale back women’s health R&D 🗞 Grab the newslette...

The hero we deserve 26.03.2023

Join James, Jessica, Huw and Numan's Chief Medical Strategy Officer, Sam Shah, for another week of healthtech news and views. [01:50] - The other funding gap: it’s not just unicorns that are leaving Europe [16:50] - The next challenge for ChatGPT? To save the NHS [36:10] - Woolworths-owned HealthyLife launches telehealth service [46:30] - Maven Clinic buys fellow virtual women's health company Nay...

SV almost goes B(ust) 📉 17.03.2023

This week: Jessica Smith is joined by James, Belle and Albion VC's Molly Gilmartin. [01:50] SVB fuelled high-risk, high-reward tech firms. Now health start-ups feel bereft [10:00] Why do so many biotechs face being kicked off the Nasdaq? [15:15] How UK healthtechs can get a head start on their US expansion [28:05] Why investors should pay close attention to the UK’s healthtech sector in 2023 ✍️ Ap...

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