In this week’s episode Tom shares his journey as a commercial leader taking healthtech companies from seed stage to multi billion dollar listings on the NYSE! We discussed: ? First job as a lecturer in Beijing, China   ? Transitioning into a career in private equity   ? The roles and responsibilities of a strategy consultant   ? Commercial Director at Babylon Health - The Good, Bad and Ugly   ? 3 ways to climb the career ladder faster   ? How to commercialise a product in healthcare   ? Joining Doccla as CCO   ? How to get buy-in + adoption of remote patient ..read more

In this week’s episode, Sara shares her journey of working with the NHS and healthcare clients over the last 20 years. Whilst also staying + building a career at one SINGLE company (Deloitte)!  We discussed: ? Studying Romance Languages and Communications at university  ? Creative vs Consultant  ? The personality traits for a career in consultancy  ? Motivations to study for an MBA at INSEAD ? Building a career at Deloitte spanning 2 decades  ? How do companies like Deloitte retain talent? ? How has healthcare changed over the last 20 years? ? What are the next set of ..read more

In this week’s episode, Meri shares his journey from the world of investing to breaking the bottlenecks in clinical trials as he builds the anti-CRO for life science pioneers.  We discussed:  ? Transitioning from venture capital into healthtech  ? Investor vs Founder Traits, Personality and Mindset ? The origin story of Lindus Health  ?️ The first few days/weeks of building Lindus Health  ? Barriers to entering the pharma industry as a new startup ? Securing the first clinical trial with Habitual ? The bottle necks of clinical trials ? The process of recruiting patient ..read more

In this week's episode, Samuel shares his journey in the pharmaceutical industry, a career spanning close to 2 decades working in the UK, Switzerland and US covering roles from sales rep, medical affairs to global marketing and business unit head to now gearing up to start as a country president in Central Europe, not to mention his ? theory! We discussed: ? The role of medical affairs and why people should join the industry ? Why 21st century leadership is about authenticity, vulnerability and entrepreneurship ? The process of a medicine coming to market ???? Learnings from working in the UK ..read more

In this week’s episode Tim shares his journey of leaving medicine just as he was about to become a renal consultant to eventually becoming the CEO of Doctors.net.uk and now co-founder of Cognitant which is an award-winning patient engagement platform and community.  We discussed: ? Motivations to study medicine ? Leaving medicine just before becoming a renal consultant ? Transitioning from a clinical career to CEO of Doctors.net.uk  ? The early adopters of Doctors.net and commercialising  ? Why persistence is an underrated skill  ? The difficulties of an advertising busines ..read more

In this week’s episode Prof. Mahmud shares his journey from big pharma to senior leadership within the NHS to now leading healthcare for BT.  We discussed: ? Transitioning into healthcare from big pharma ? The private sector/industry (Pharma) vs public (NHS) ? Climbing the ranks of senior leadership within the NHS ?‍⚕️ Dealing with differences between hospital execs/managers and clinicians ❓ Is the NHS at breaking point? ? The motivation behind moving to BT ? Why we need industry partners in healthcare ? Money is not the solution to all problems ? Helping companies undergo a transformati ..read more

In this weeks episode Jacob shares his journey from a rundown hospital to building a startup that is now used in 98% of GP Practices in the country!  We discussed:  ? ‘The rundown hospital on Euston Road’ ? How to spot signals for failure and When to ‘pivot’ ? Pivoting from an Antibiotic Prescribing App to a Patient Communication Tool ?️ The importance of speaking to users and feedback ? Focusing on the ‘communication challenge’ to redesign healthcare ? How to secure your first NHS customer ?‍⚕️ The first GP practice who used Accurx ? Hacks to scale and grow users ❓ Why did Accurx ac ..read more

In this weeks episode Krishan shares his journey from ENT to GP to building the world’s first all-in-one ear and hearing healthcare platform.   We discussed: ? Motivations to become a clinician ??‍⚕️ Can medical school play a role in becoming an entrepreneur? ? Navigating a career within ENT ? The origin story of TympaHealth ? The importance of having supportive seniors and mentors ? How to bring a medical device to life? ? Transitioning from ST6 ENT (Reg) -> ST1 GP (SHO)? ⚖️ Balancing full-time work as a doctor while building TympaHealth ? Fundraising over $30 million ? The benefits a ..read more

In this week’s episode Michelle shares her journey from psychiatry to management consulting and why at the heart of it all her passion remains centred around helping people and making positive impact.  We discussed: ?‍⚕️ Motivations to Study Medicine ? Becoming a Better Doctor because of Consultancy  ? Pursuing Psychiatry as a Speciality  ? Transitioning from Psychiatry into Consulting  ? The Human Touch + Putting People First in Healthcare  ? Is the NHS a Political Vehicle designed to be ‘Broken’?  ? The Emerging Role of AI in Healthcare  ? Are Investors p ..read more

This week we cover the inside story of the largest primary care organisation in the UK from Day 1 to merging with Operose Health.  We discussed: ⚖️ The difference between a salaried GP and a GP Partner ? Transitioning into owning + running multiple GP practices ? Winning bids, tenders and the procurement processes ? The dynamics of having 6 co-founders ⚔️ Dealing with conflict in leadership teams ?️ The first changes incorporated when taking over a new GP practice ? The tipping point of 10 practices (50-60k Patients) ? Solving the problems of primary care in the UK ? The lack of support a ..read more