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Healthtech Pigeon
by SomX
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
Episodes
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Finally the Wearable Penis Ring Exists
James + Jessica talk about RFK Jr telling the MAHA Summit that AI gives a better second opinion than any doctor, Grindr paying $250m for PurposeMed, the parent company of Freddie, a wearable penis ring, and why Telemedicine 3.0 is all about meeting people where they are. 00:00 - Intro 02:58 - AI…
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Is Your Smart Ring Gaslighting You?
James and Jessica dive into this week's healthtech headlines, a CRISPR therapy that halves cholesterol in a first-in-human trial, the Health Foundation's £33bn case for better NHS tech, Oura scrapping its Nasdaq IPO, and why Jessica has broken up with her smart ring. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at...
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500 Companies, One Very Big Drop
Belle and Elin dive into this week's healthtech headlines: Time's Top 500 Healthtech Companies list, Sword Health's discount buyout of Headspace, why cycle syncing workouts have women split, and what's at stake as the FDA weighs approval for the first psychedelic medicine. 00:00 - Intro 02:58 -...
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Who Owns Your Health Data?
Jessica and James sit down with pharmacist and NHS non-exec director Mark Duman to talk wearables, patient data, and why AI scribes might be missing the bits that matter most. 00:00 - Intro 04:04 - Wearables Recap 13:33 - AI Scribes May Fail to Capture Patients' Experiences 32:52 - IPremom Raise...
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Jeremy Hunt on AI in the NHS: What He Actually Said
James and Jack Needham break down last night's Health Tech Talks panel with Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Hunt MP and Tara Donnelly — including the parts that didn't make it into anyone's LinkedIn post. 00:00 - Post-Event Debrief: Behind the Scenes with Jeremy Hunt & Tara Donnelly 13:00 - AI in the NHS:...
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When does AI stop being special?
Jessica and James from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week. 00:00 - Intro: This Week's AI Health Tech Roundup 01:00 - Are Wearables Lying to You About Sleep? 15:00 - NHS Rolls Out At-Home Cervical Screening 21:00 - Brain Surgery, Therapy Bots & Life-Saving Drones 34:00 - Jeremy...
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Everything You Didn't Know About the Federated Data Platform
Jessica and Jessica from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with help from Barlett Data's Tom Bartlett. 00:00 – Intro & setup 06:38 – Why Tom spoke out 35:15 – A coordinated campaign? 50:49 – Where FDP falls short 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to…
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The AI Mental Health Reckoning
Jessica from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with help from Aahuti Rai. Mental Health Innovation Showcase, Hale House — 15 September, London https://harleystreethealthdistrict.com/event/mental-health-innovation-showcase-returns-to-harley-street-health-district/ 🗞 Grab the...
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How do you sell a business without selling out?
James is joined by Dr Tommy Perkins, co-founder of Medics' Money, days after he and co-founder Dr Ed Cantelo sold the business outright to Pastest. Tommy tells the whole story: founding Medics' Money on the day his first daughter was born, the free tax rebate guide that has now saved doctors…
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Can One Website Help Patients Beat NHS Waiting Lists?
James and Jessica from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with help from Dr Mustafa Ghafouri, creator of https://hospitalwaits.co.uk/ 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form:...
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Are we tracking too much, or not enough?
Jessica and Anna from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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What happens when NHS waiting times become searchable?
Jessica and James from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week. 00:00 - Intro 01:49 - A doctor built the NHS waiting-times comparison the e-RS dashboard won’t give you 14:03 - Pastest buys Medics’ Money, and the “doctor life-admin” stack quietly consolidates 21:02 -Meanwhile, the…
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HLTH Europe 2026 Recap & What Did Midjourney Announce?
James from SomX chatted through all the best news from HLTH 2026, with Motic's Harvinder Power. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at...
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How do we get digital health beyond the pilot phase?
Jessica from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with Heather Cook, Fiona McCormick and Toby Croft. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the...
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Can patients trust pharma with their health data?
Jessica from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with Coulter Partners' Ian Coyne. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at...
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What happens when sport, longevity and biohacking collide?
James from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with Freyr Health and Panio's Dr Tomasz George 00:00 - Intro 05:08 - The Enhanced Games are real, and they’re equal parts entertaining and concerning 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest...
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Can AI fix the NHS workforce crisis?
James from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with Patchwork's Dr Anas Nader 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at...
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Wearables, Whistleblowers & a Resignation We Did Not Plan For
Jess and James are back from a brief hiatus to break down three of the biggest stories shaping healthtech right now. First, Whoop hires its first in-app doctor and Google launches the Fitbit Air - signalling that consumer wearables and primary care are converging faster than anyone expected. They...
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Can ChatGPT really be trusted by clinicians?
Belle and James from SomX chat through all the best news from this week. Stories: Palantir's NHS break clause is suddenly very much on the table OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Clinicians, a free AI tool for physicians, NPs and pharmacists The Women's Health Strategy arrived with a £1.5m FemTech fund...
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Can the NHS walk away from Palantir?
Jessica and James from SomX chat through all the best news from this week with Dr Jing Ouyang CGO and Co-Founder of Patchwork Health. 00:00 - Intro 09:10 - FDP: An Insider's Perspective 28:21 - WHOOP affiliate selected for CMS innovation program Stories:...
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What does the future of healthtech regulation look like?
Jessica and James from SomX chat through all the best news from this week with Hardian Health's Dr Hugh Harvey. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX…
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Are we headed for a Microsoft monopoly in health AI?
Jessica and Belle from SomX chat through all the best news from this week. 31:04 - Introducing Perplexity Health 35:48 - How AI is Giving Back Time to NHS Healthcare Teams 48:11 - Under 50% of NHS staff receive basic EPR training 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a...
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Up to 81% of doctors use AI. So why can't you?
Jessica and James from SomX chat through all the best news from this week. 04:14 - Google wants Fitbit to know your medical history. Sure, why not? 12:24 - Clinicians are using AI, but would prefer patients not to 23:45 - The therapy gap is 1.6 billion people. Limbic wants AI to help 🗞 Grab the...
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What is it going to take to see changes in women's health?
Jessica and Belle from SomX chat through all the best news from this week. The conversation PR isn't having about motherhood Hertility Preventative Healthcare Report 2026 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form:...
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The role of arts in mental health and wellbeing
James from SomX chats through all the best news from this week with Sarah Ticho from The XR Health Alliance 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX team…
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Can precision diagnostics be made more accessible?
Jessica from SomX chat through all the best news from this week with Christoph Ruedig from Albion VC and Celestin de Wergifosse from Signatur Bio. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form:...
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What does "Explainable AI" in healthcare truly mean?
Jessica from SomX chats through all the best news from this week with Hansen Tsui from Sanome. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📩 The Frontline to Future Programme:...
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Is Apple being cautious, or falling behind in health?
Jessica and Harry from SomX chat through all the best news from this week with Niki Loboda from Whereby and Carlo Alberto Gaetaniello from Serenis. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form:...
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Why are scientists using neurons as computers?
Jessica and Harry from SomX explore three stories from the latest edition of the Healthtech Pigeon Newsletter. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form: https://share.hsforms.com/1PkAwCjniQjiGl53i8dtZ8g3xer2 📖 Learn more about the SomX…
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Reliable for Whom? AI & wearables in health
Belle from SomX is joined by Jess Heck and Katrina Baxter-Moore from Jane App, and Andreas Bovens from Whereby. In this episode they delve into this weeks top news picks from the Healthtech Pigeon newsletter. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using...
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Wearable Brain Imaging
James, Jess, and Harry are joined by Patrick Beldon, CEO and Co-Founder at Cortirio, to delve into this weeks neuroscience news and talk about how Cortirio are working on portable brain imaging! Learn more about Cortirio: https://cortirio.com/ 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️...
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Designing Telehealth for trust
Jessica welcomes Andreas Bovens and Calvin Bowen from whereby to discuss the evolving landscape of Telehealth and the integration of technology in healthcare. Learn more about Whereby: https://whereby.com/ 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using…
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Will OpenAI win Consumer Health?
SomX’s James Somauroo, Jess Somauroo, and Harry Salt dive into a week of big news from OpenAI with Dr Harvinder Power, Co-Founder and CEO at Motics. Join us to unpack ChatGPT Health. The good, the bad, and the ugly. 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - OpenAI Report: AI as a Healthcare Ally + ChatGPT Health 🗞...
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Is AI making us more lonely?
SomX’s Belle Taylor and Harry Salt dive into this week's healthtech news with Prof. Susan Shelmerdine, Associate Professor of Radiology / AI at UCL Great Ormond St Hospital. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Susan on...
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Inside the Mind of a Healthtech VC
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo interviews Healthtech VC Andrew Elder. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
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Menopause diagnostics, rising innovators & healthtech’s 2025 wrapped
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Harry Salt dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:52 - Forbes 30 Under 30 13:20 - Forbes 30 Under 30 Alumnus Develops Diagnostic Tool for Menopause 24:20 - 2025 Wrapped 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest...
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The real power of XR for mental health therapy
SomX’s James Somauroo and Harry Salt dive into this week's healthtech news with Ross O'Brien from The XR Health Alliance. 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - Major Report Maps UK’s Extended Reality (XR) Health Market 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this...
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Will we see an end to the GLP-1 gold rush?
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Belle Taylor dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 12:16 - MANUAL Is In The MONEY 16:10 - Got a Clue? Well Yes, Since You Asked… 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on...
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Why is women's health content being censored?
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Harry Salt dive into this week's healthtech news with help from Numan's Grace Hatton and SomX's James Somauroo. 00:00 - Intro 03:02 - NHS Job Cuts: The £1 Billion Bureaucracy Bonfire 12:12 - Women's Health Being Shadow Banned? 27:05 - OpenAI Wants To Push Beyond a Core...
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70% of NHS digital tools have no legal safety sign-off
SomX’s James Somauroo and Curistica's Dr Keith Grimes dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:02 - The NHS’s “Wild West” of 10,000 Unchecked Health Apps 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Keith on...
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How AI is revolutionising cancer diagnosis
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 02:26 - NHS launches AI-powered tool to speed up prostate cancer diagnosis 16:38 - Do we need AI guardians to protect us from health information overload? // The anatomy of a personal health agent Do…
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What can we learn from the government's new women's health strategy?
SomX’s Belle Taylor and The BMJ's Helen Surana, dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 02:35 - Government announces Women's Health Strategy to be renewed 19:40 - Cyclana Bio raises £5m to boost women's health 29:09 - Scientists develop breakthrough approach to detecting…
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Is the future of heart disease management technology first?
SomX’s Belle Taylor and Harry Salt, dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Oura hits $11bn valuation after $900m Series E 18:41 -First look at Hello Heart’s AI assistant for medication management: 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast...
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Is ambient voice technology the future of healthcare?
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Nick Prentice, healthcare strategist, dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 05:40 - NHS launches virtual hospital 23:05 - Lauxera Capital closes €400M health tech fund, bets big on European innovation going global 35:00 - Fast-growing healthtech platform...
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What do we lose as virtual healthcare becomes the norm?
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 18:40 - NHS launches virtual hospital 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on...
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How can telehealth solve healthcare's biggest challenges?
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Belle Taylor dive into this week's healthtech news with help from Whereby's Niki Loboda and Hannah Jelliman 00:00 - Intro 02:44 - The State of Virtual Care 33:43 - World’s Top HealthTech Companies of 2025 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to…
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What are the benefits of the breast milk microbiome?
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news with help from BoobyBiome's Lydia Mapstone. 00:00 - Intro 02:08 - British startup BoobyBiome raises €2.8 million for infant health with breast milk microbiome breakthrough 🗞 Grab the newsletter at...
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What are the benefits of the breast milk microbiome?
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news with help from BoobyBiome's Lydia Mapstone. 00:00 - Intro 02:08 - British startup BoobyBiome raises €2.8 million for infant health with breast milk microbiome breakthrough 🗞 Grab the newsletter at...
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How do healthcare professionals truly feel about digital health?
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and DNV's Stephen McAdam dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 03:53 - Digital Health Gains Still Out of Reach, BMJ Commission Finds 21:12 - Accelerating Digital Health: DNV Ventures invests in Patients Know Best`s global expansion of personal health records...
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The ethical dilemmas of AI in healthcare
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Belle Taylor dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:48 - Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt 18:25 - Soul Machines unveils empathetic AI ‘Digital Workforce’ for healthcare 🗞 Grab the newsletter at...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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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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...
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