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E167: AI-Powered Skin Cancer Detection for the NHS – Neil Daly (CEO – Skin Analytics)


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In this week’s episode Neil shares his journey from consulting into building Skin Analytics, the only UKCA approved Class IIa AI as a Medical Device for dermatology with an 99.8% accuracy of ruling out of skin cancer! 

  
We discussed:

📈 A career pivot from consulting into healthtech


🌪️ First exposure into the ‘chaotic world’ of healthcare

🧩 Solving the complexities of healthcare from the outside

🚀 0-1 of building Skin Analytics

💡Difficulty commercialising digital health solutions

🤖 How did the recent rise of LLMs change perceptions around skin cancer detection

📜 Leaning into regulations and compliance
 🏆 The only UKCA approved Class IIa AI as a Medical Device for dermatology
 🖼️ Building the initial dataset to train skin cancer detection models
 🤝 Securing the first NHS contract

📈 The adoption curve for Skin Analytics

📘 Building a repeatable playbook as a VC-backed business

🏥 Building relationships with the NHS as customers

🎯 How to engage the right stakeholders in the NHS

⚠️ The pitfalls of having the NHS as the sole customers for VCs

💸 Fundraising journey and advice for founders

Neil Daly is the Founder and Director of Skin Analytics. He is a Committee Member of Real World Evidence Programme - NIHR i4i & OLS and an NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow. Prior to transitioning into healthtech he was in the consulting sector.

 

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