Ep124: Innovation is the NHS’ only option to thrive and also to survive - Richard Stubbs, NHS Innovation Leader
The timing for this show is perfect with the upcoming NHS 10 Year Plan being announced imminently. The “NHS is slow to adopt technology” but “the UK has great innovative tech” debate has raged for years. Our guest today Richard Stubbs, the Chief Executive of Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber is a veteran of this back and forth and the perfect guest. Richard and his team work alongside the NHS to understand the challenges faced in delivering patient care, and to support the introduction of new, innovative ways of working that can both improve care, and reduce costs for the NHS.Richard is an eloquent and honest guest with plenty of behind the scenes insight.
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Ep122: Why pharmacies are so much better than you think, with Richard Harrison, Asda's Health Service Manager
This episode exposes why we should all care more about our pharmacies in the UK and pulls the curtain back on how reliant we are on the work they do. It is a follow up to the show with Nick Kaye earlier in the year around the crisis in funding for the industry and risks to patients. Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Richard Harrison, a 25 year veteran of Community Pharmacy and huge advocate for the industry. Richard Harrison is a Pharmacist and the Healthcare Services Manager for Asda, where he leads the development and delivery of innovative pharmacy services across the UK.
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Ep121: How to solve the UK's Mental Health appointment crisis with Dr Melinda Rees, CEO of Psyomics
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 mental health services at scale, to eliminate the backlog in appointments. A 30 year NHS Mental Health clinician, Dr Melinda is perfectly positioned to comment on the crisis and provides a coherent, compelling vision for the future.
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Ep120: Leading UK Doctor on how technology can save the GP surgery - and why the electronic patient record is so critical to healthcare
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 GP surgery in Cheshire. Known for pioneering innovation in primary care, he has developed practical, award-winning solutions for the NHS frontline.
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Ep119: Giving patients control of their own patient data creates better health outcomes - Mo, founder of Patients Know Best on his mission to improve global health through patient empowerment
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 as "the future of health" by governments, think tanks and venture capital alike. Mo is a multi-published author and possibly the world's leading expert in patient data.
HealthTech Hour sees Steve Roest, CEO & Founder of PocDoc, speaking to the founders, leaders, clinicians and investors who are driving the HealthTech revolution and are at the forefront of healthcare innovation. Drawing on his extensive network, Steve will give listeners a unique insight into some of the most exciting technologies and most inspiring people from across all aspects of HealthTech.
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