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Jul 20, 2025 • 56min

Tackling the stigma around obesity

SomX’s Amy Thomas and Daisy Makin dive into this week's healthtech news with Reset Health's Dr Laura Falvey00:00 - Intro04:55 - Tandem Health raises $50M Series A to scale its AI scribe across the NHS19:12 -  NHS staff unsettled by patients filming care and posting videos on social media29:20 - Weight loss jabs 'may protect against dementia and stroke', study suggests🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Daisy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Laura on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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Jul 13, 2025 • 52min

How can we see real scale in the NHS?

SomX’s Belle Taylor and Huw Penson dive into this week's healthtech news with PocDoc's Steve Roest00:00 - Intro02:25 - Tech-led NHS could boost UK economy by £40bn29:00 - Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push42:50 - Comprehensive policies for scaling systemic and equitable integration of digital health technologies🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Steve on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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Jul 6, 2025 • 1h

Is the NHS 10-Year plan worth reading?

SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Huw Penson dive into the NHS 10 Year Plan with Malte Gerhold and Liam Cahill.00:00 - Intro04:00 - 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 LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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Jun 29, 2025 • 39min

How is AI helping to speed up diagnosis?

In this conversation, Dr. Fahmid Chowdhury, a consultant radiologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, discusses the transformative impact of AI in diagnostic imaging. He highlights a new AI chest X-ray software designed to speed up diagnosis and enhance patient care. The talk also covers the NHS's ambitious plans to DNA test all newborns to identify disease risks, sparking a debate on data privacy and emotional ramifications for parents. Ultimately, Dr. Chowdhury emphasizes the importance of educating the public about AI's role in healthcare.
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Jun 22, 2025 • 43min

2025 HLTH Europe roundup

SomX’s Jessica Somauroo is joined by Dr Derrick Khor and Blanca Baez at HLTH Europe for the latest news and developments from across the healthtech ecosystem. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Derrick on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Blanca on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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Jun 15, 2025 • 45min

How can women protect their health data?

SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Amy Thomas dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories.00:00 - Intro17:28 - Public health bodies urged to launch period tracking apps to protect data🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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Jun 8, 2025 • 27min

How is Neurotech changing the industry

SomX’s Huw Penson, Andrew Hair and Hollie Ruda dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories.00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Musk's Neuralink raises $650 million in latest funding as clinical trials begin + A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person12:10 - atai Life Sciences and Beckley Psytech to Combine Creating a Global Leader in Psychedelic Mental Health Therapies20:13 - NHS England pauses ‘ground-breaking’ AI project following GP data concerns🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Hollie on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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Jun 1, 2025 • 33min

Is the UK is becoming a leader in healthtech?

SomX’s Huw Penson, Amy Thomas and Hollie Ruda dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories.[00:00] - Intro[01:34] - Amazon-style’ prescription tracking goes live on NHS App[13:14] - Hinge Health goes public, raises $437.3M in IPO[21:45] - UK health tech startups worth £32bn, report finds🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Hollie on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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May 25, 2025 • 44min

How to effectively tackle digital exclusion in healthcare

SomX’s Belle Taylor and Amy Thomas dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories with the help of The Health Foundations’ Tom Hardie.00:00 - Intro00:40 - Digitizing the NHS and adult social care16:10 - Can AI therapists really be an alternative to human help?30:40 - Digital Inclusion Under the Microscope as Digital Poverty Alliance launches NHS Sector Inquiry🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Tom on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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May 18, 2025 • 44min

One month Countdown to HLTH Europe: Everything you need to know

Huw and Amy from SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from HLTH's Henry Stoneley. 06:18 - The new Finland: How Portugal has become a hub for health tech innovation17:00 - Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have more friends … but AI28:10 - Only 30% of Health and Social providers Using AI, New Survey Reveals🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Henry on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

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