Episodios

  • #433: Skin+Me Founder, James Mishreki on consumer healthtech & how to get to £37M revenue
    Feb 11 2026

    This week, James is joined by James Mishreki, founder of Skin + Me, who shares the story behind building one of the UK’s fastest-growing personalised healthcare brands. He discussed the challenges of scaling a regulated DTC business, and how Skin + Me is tackling the dermatology access gap with clinical-grade care delivered directly to consumers.Connect with James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmishreki/ Learn more about Skin + Me: https://www.skinandme.com/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.comSubscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.comGet in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.comThis podcast was brought to you by SomX.

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  • #432: What clinicians really want, and need, from Healthtech with Lawrie Kidd from DrDoctor
    Feb 4 2026

    This week, James is joined by Lawrie Kidd, Consultant Anaesthetist at Gloucestershire Hospitals and Clinical Product Lead at DrDoctor, who shares a candid look at the pressures facing frontline clinicians and how healthtech can help.


    Connect with Lawrie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrie-kidd/

    Learn more about DrDoctor: https://www.drdoctor.co.uk/


    Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com

    Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com

    Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com


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    1 h y 16 m
  • #431 Neko: The Future of Healthcare? With Hjalmar Nilsonne, CEO
    Jan 28 2026

    This week, James is joined by Hjalmar Nilsonne, CEO and Co-Founder of Neko Health. With Hjalmar yielding the power to shape the future of healthcare, James asks all the big questions. Can Neko pull off their ambition? What will it take? What lessons have they learned along the way? What challenges lie in their way?


    Learn more about Neko: https://www.nekohealth.com/gb/en


    Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com


    Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com


    Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com


    This podcast was brought to you by SomX.

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  • #430 How NICE finds startups, with Tharni, Horizon Scanning Lead
    Jan 21 2026

    In this episode, we're joined by Tharni Vasavan, Horizon Scanning Senior Health Technology Lead at NICE, about how emerging health technologies are identified, evaluated, and prepared for the NHS. From her journey through women’s health research and startup life at Hertility to shaping national foresight on healthtech disruption, Tharni offers an inside glimpse of how innovation meets evidence.

    If you're working with AI that you think will be applicable in healthcare within the next 10 years, you can partake in NICE's horizon scanning with this form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=FNtA1T7OGE2t-3WmXoj3178lLN5iep1Aj4hJbvJXiDRUREs0Q1dVRFJTTTZHSU1HUllSSjYwVllRQS4u


    Connect with Tharni: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tharnithavasavan/


    Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com


    Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com


    Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com


    This podcast was brought to you by SomX.


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  • #429 How Microsoft is Powering the AI Era in Healthcare: Jacob West from Microsoft UK
    Jan 14 2026

    This week James is joined by Jacob West, Managing Director for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Microsoft UK, who shares insights on how Microsoft is leveraging AI to enhance healthcare in the UK.


    Connect with Jacob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-west-a519404/


    Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com


    Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com


    Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com


    This podcast was brought to you by SomX.

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  • #428 How to fix Global Health without a quantum computer: Madeleine Ballard from CHIC
    Jan 7 2026

    This week, James is joined on the podcast by Dr Madeleine Ballard, CEO of the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC). CHIC is a global movement making professional community health workers the norm worldwide by changing guidelines, funding, and policy.


    Connect with Madeleine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeleineballard/


    Learn more about CHIC: https://joinchic.org/


    Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com


    Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com


    Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com


    This podcast was brought to you by SomX.

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    1 h y 16 m
  • #427 Taking wearable biosensors to the next level: Rafaël Michali from Sava
    Dec 17 2025

    James is joined by Rafaël Michali, co-founder and co-CEO of SAVA. SAVA is redefining the way people interact with their health by developing the most advanced biosensing technology science has to offer, capable of accessing bodily information in a painless, real-time and affordable way.


    Connect with Rafaël: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafa%C3%ABl-michali-656136101/


    Learn more: https://www.sava.health/


    Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com


    Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com


    Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com

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  • #426 Outpatient care, reimagined from the ground up: Sam Winward from Pastel Health
    Dec 10 2025

    This week, James is joined on the podcast by Sam Winward, co-founder and CEO of Pastel Health. Pastel Health is an end-to-end outpatient clinic that supports Chronic pain sufferers referred from the NHS. The service aims to transform the experience for both patients and clinicians.



    Connect with Sam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelwinward/


    Learn more about Pastel: https://pastel-health.com/


    Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com


    Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com


    Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com


    This podcast was brought to you by SomX.


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    1 h y 6 m