Senior clinical input for health-tech founders and the investors backing them: clinical safety, product–market fit, and the pitfalls that stop promising products being adopted in the NHS.
Who it's for
I see health tech from the clinic, from the NHS buyer's side, and as a Clinical Safety Officer. That combination is useful whether you're building a product or deciding whether to back one.
Before the expensive decisions
Deciding what to build, validating a clinical use case, preparing for NHS pilots and procurement, or working out why a product isn't getting traction with clinicians.
Before you commit
Assessing a digital health company and wanting an independent clinical view of whether its safety, regulatory position and NHS market claims stand up.
The questions that decide success
Bringing the clinical reality of the NHS to the questions that decide whether a health-tech product succeeds.
How it works
Products vary too much for a one-size-fits-all package. Advising on an AI scribe is a very different job from advising on an EPR, so the scope is agreed with you first.
What you're building or assessing, where you are, and what you need to know. No obligation.
We agree what I'll look at and what you'll get, so the cost is clear before any work starts.
Time with the product, its documentation and your team, with clear, candid advice on what will help or hinder clinical adoption and NHS sales.
I can stay on as a clinical adviser as the product develops, or act as your Clinical Safety Officer when you need one.
Good to know
Scoped individually, depending on the product and the questions you need answered. The first conversation is free.
If your product will need a DCB0129 clinical safety case, I can also act as your named Clinical Safety Officer.
Shaping a patient-facing AI chatbot through product design, regulatory compliance and market strategy; bringing an established NHS supplier into clinical safety compliance; and assessing around 15 primary care products for NHS purchase. See selected work →
Get in touch
Tell me what you're building or assessing and what you need to know. The first conversation is free, and we'll work out together whether and how I can help.
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