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Can AI fix the NHS workforce crisis?

SomX — Sun, 24 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT

James from SomX chatted through all the best news from this week with Patchwork's Dr Anas Nader

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Wearables, Whistleblowers & a Resignation We Did Not Plan For

SomX — Sun, 17 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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 get into what happens when your health data lives across competing ecosystems, the case for portability standards, and a viral TikTok in which a Whoop user catches her boyfriend cheating via Strava kudos.

Then: the Palantir saga rumbles on. A leaked memo published by the FT and the Guardian confirms that contractors were granted access to identifiable patient data on the Federated Data Platform before pseudonymisation. James and Jess disagree - loudly - on how to read it.

Finally, Berlin-based Ditto raises €7.6M from Heal Capital to build the patient-side equivalent of an ambient AI scribe: record your appointment, get a plain-language summary, share it with the people who matter. Plus a kicker: Wes Streeting resigned as we were recording.

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Can ChatGPT really be trusted by clinicians?

SomX — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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 and a very quotable Streeting line

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Can the NHS walk away from Palantir?

SomX — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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:

https://www.bartlettdata.co.uk/post/blog-coming-soon

https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/whoop-affiliate-selected-for-cms-innovation-program-to-expand-tech-enabled-care-for-medicare-patients

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What does the future of healthtech regulation look like?

SomX — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Jessica and James from SomX chat through all the best news from this week with Hardian Health's Dr Hugh Harvey.

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Are we headed for a Microsoft monopoly in health AI?

SomX — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

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

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Up to 81% of doctors use AI. So why can't you?

SomX — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

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

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What is it going to take to see changes in women's health?

SomX — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

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

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The role of arts in mental health and wellbeing

SomX — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:16:23 GMT

James from SomX chats through all the best news from this week with Sarah Ticho from The XR Health Alliance

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Can precision diagnostics be made more accessible?

SomX — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

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.

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What does "Explainable AI" in healthcare truly mean?

SomX — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Jessica from SomX chats through all the best news from this week with Hansen Tsui from Sanome.

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Is Apple being cautious, or falling behind in health?

SomX — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

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.

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Why are scientists using neurons as computers?

SomX — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Jessica and Harry from SomX explore three stories from the latest edition of the Healthtech Pigeon Newsletter.

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Reliable for Whom? AI & wearables in health

SomX — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

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.

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Wearable Brain Imaging

SomX — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 06:00:00 GMT

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!

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Designing Telehealth for trust

SomX — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Jessica welcomes Andreas Bovens and Calvin Bowen from whereby to discuss the evolving landscape of Telehealth and the integration of technology in healthcare.

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Will OpenAI win Consumer Health?

SomX — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 06:00:00 GMT

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 — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT

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.

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Inside the Mind of a Healthtech VC

SomX — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT

SomX’s Jessica Somauroo interviews Healthtech VC Andrew Elder.

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Menopause diagnostics, rising innovators & healthtech’s 2025 wrapped

SomX — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT

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

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