Devika Wood, Steve Roest's guest on this show, is the CEO of Brain+, a pioneering health technology company transforming dementia care through its digital platform, Ayla.

Devika is also one of the most inspirational people in European HealthTech.

Over the past 13+ years, she has worked across startups and multinationals, from Google and Babylon to founding Vida, which exited in 2019, and leading digital health strategy at AXA Health. Recognised as a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur,

She has also been named King’s Entrepreneur of the Year and featured in the United Nations #SheInnovates campaign for advancing healthcare innovation and championing women in STEM. She is also the co-founder of WEALTH: Women in Health, a growing global community for female leaders in healthcare.

Dan Vahdat is the founder and CEO of Huma, a healthcare AI company valued at over $1 billion, dedicated to accelerating the adoption of digital solutions in healthcare and research.

In this episode he speaks to Steve Roest, founder and CEO of PocDoc on his journey to creating Huma, his philosophies on growing complex companies in complex industries and on why he split Huma into units with their own CEO.

Huma’s technology has powered more than 1,000 clinical trials and is used in 4,500 hospitals and clinics across the US and beyond. Its platform has screened, triaged, and engaged over 50 million individuals, with millions of active users across its products in more than 70 countries.

In 2023, Dan was selected as HealthTech Leader of the Year, and Huma has received the prestigious Prix Galien award twice. Dan is also a member of the World Economic Forum.

Giles Tully is CEO of PinPoint Data Science, the company behind the ‘PinPoint Test’, a completely unique AI-driven test that can diagnose 9 of the top 14 most common cancers faster, better and more affordably than the current NHS process.

Giles lost his mother at 16 and has used that event to fuel his career which includes going to China with no Mandarin, learning the language and ending up producing one of China's most popular rock bands and becoming a popstar in China himself.

Pam Garside is one of the most well respected, well connected people in the UK and European healthcare industry. She is an advisor to the NHS, venture capital investors and the UK government. She is also a leading angel investor, having supported generations of entrepreneurs on their journey.

Pam Garside has had a career in health care systems and digital health in the UK and internationally and is an angel investor in early-stage health tech companies. She is Chair of Cambridge Angels and sits on the board of Crown Place Venture Capital Trust, as well as founding and co-chairing The Cambridge Health Network.

It's summer, the sun is shining and temptation is high. How many of us are consuming more than we want to, of alcohol or other substances? How many of us want to either reduce or stop, but can't?

How can technology play a role? That's where Dr David McLaughan comes in, with his digital app and community, Curb.

Many of us want to reduce our consumption of harmful substances, but can't. Some of us would benefit from completely stopping.

In addition to Curb, David is one of the UK's leading addiction psychiatrists, works at the Priory and has contributed to international treatment guidelines, academic journals as well as mainstream media outlets.

Additionally, he serves as Academic Secretary of The Royal College of Psychiatrists' Addiction Faculty.

The timing for this show is perfect with the upcoming NHS 10 Year Plan being announced imminently.

The “NHS is slow to adopt technology” but “the UK has great innovative tech” debate has raged for years.

Our guest today Richard Stubbs, the Chief Executive of Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber is a veteran of this back and forth and the perfect guest.

Richard and his team work alongside the NHS to understand the challenges faced in delivering patient care, and to support the introduction of new, innovative ways of working that can both improve care, and reduce costs for the NHS.

Richard is an eloquent and honest guest with plenty of behind the scenes insight.

In this episode Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc, speaks to Sharlene Lopez, a healthcare branding expert on how important branding really is in Health - especially given the clinical evidence, regulatory pressures and complexities in clinician and patient care. Does branding really matter?

Sharlene Lopez is an award-winning brand and growth strategist with 30 years of experience across healthcare, spanning both pharma and health tech. She is the founder of a strategy-first brand agency focused on health innovation and currently serves as Chief Growth Officer at Alertive, a leading health tech company transforming clinical communication.

This episode exposes why we should all care more about our pharmacies in the UK and pulls the curtain back on how reliant we are on the work they do.

It is a follow up to the show with Nick Kaye earlier in the year around the crisis in funding for the industry and risks to patients.

Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Richard Harrison, a 25 year veteran of Community Pharmacy and huge advocate for the industry.

Richard Harrison is a Pharmacist and the Healthcare Services Manager for Asda, where he leads the development and delivery of innovative pharmacy services across the UK.

It can take up to 5 years to get a first Mental Health appointment in some parts of the UK.

Large parts of this backlog are due to increase in demand, but Dr Melinda Rees, today's guest with Steve Roest, argues that administrative burden accounts for a huge amount.

Dr. Melinda Rees is CEO of Psyomics, an integrated healthtech and biotech company that is redesigning how we access and interact with mental health services at scale, to eliminate the backlog in appointments.

A 30 year NHS Mental Health clinician, Dr Melinda is perfectly positioned to comment on the crisis and provides a coherent, compelling vision for the future.

Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Dr Amar Ahmed, one of the UK's leading GPs and a long-time advocate of introducing technology to solve the massive problems we're seeing across the UK in frontline healthcare.

Amar is a regular at No.10 and the United Nations, where he advises on integrating new tech into the healthcare system.

Dr Amar Ahmed has been a GP partner for 24 years at a busy family GP surgery in Cheshire. Known for pioneering innovation in primary care, he has developed practical, award-winning solutions for the NHS frontline.