The Healthcare Today Podcast

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Real conversations with healthcare's leading voices! Join us as we talk to policy-makers and thought-leaders at the forefront of healthcare - empowering healthcare professionals and leaders to stay ahead, spotting clinical risks before they escalate and showcasing innovations before they become mainstream.

  1. 5d ago

    Exploring the women’s health funding gap with Isobel Egemole

    Our guest today is Isobel Egemole, an investment director specialising in healthtech at London VC firm, IW Capital. Femtech serves more than half the global population and its market is growing 60% faster than the rest of healthcare - however, in 2024, it attracted less than one-tenth of digital health funding. Here, Isobel discusses why femtech founders can’t afford to wait for investors to wake up, while revealing how they can pitch their way past the blind spots…

    16 min

  2. Jun 3

    Putting women first in menopause care with Katie Barber

    Healthcare professionals participating in this podcast have received honoraria from Astellas Pharma Ltd in recognition of their time and expertise in preparing and delivering this content. The opinions expressed are those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position of Astellas Pharma Ltd. This podcast is intended for UK healthcare professionals only.   Our guest today is Dr. Katie Barber, Clinical Lead of Community Gynaecology Oxfordshire and Registered British Menopause Society Menopause Specialist. For millions of women, the journey from perimenopause to menopause is marked with confusion, frustration, and a disheartening lack of support. This is not a simple failure of individual doctors, but a systemic flaw, which has created a profound knowledge and access gap. Today, we’re talking about how Women's Health Hubs offer a fix for the system and we’ll explore the practical steps every woman can take to receive the care she deserves…

    19 min

  3. May 27

    How to safeguard patient data with Ben Pumphrey

    Our guest today is Ben Pumphrey, a legal director in the governance, funding and corporate team at national law firm Anthony Collins. As data and cybersecurity threats increase, a growing number of high-profile breaches have rocked the health and social care sector, creating significant real-world consequences for both patients and providers. With threats escalating, cost pressures mounting, and new technologies transforming care, today we’ll be talking about how organisations can keep patient data safe and how we should balance innovation with the ironclad duty of confidentiality...

    26 min

  4. May 20

    AI as a tool to reduce the admin burden with Harvinder Power

    Our guest today is Dr Harvinder Power, a practicing clinician, and the co-founder and CEO of Motics, a healthcare automation platform that provides AI agents for clinical documentation, billing, and patient communication. With its potential to streamline admin, increase capacity and provide a better patient experience, today we’re talking about how artificial intelligence can help private clinics scale without raising their operational cost…

    19 min

  5. May 13

    Why AI is the real test case for women’s health with Paula Bellostas Muguerza and Elena Bonfiglioli

    Our guests this week are Paula Bellostas Muguerza, Global Lead of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Kearney, and Elena Bonfiglioli, Global Business Leader for Healthcare, Pharma and Life Sciences at Microsoft. According to the World Economic Forum, women spend 25% more of their lives in ill health than men. Additionally, only 5% of medicines are properly tested for use during pregnancy… As AI becomes part of everyday healthcare, there's a real risk these tools could lock in that inequality for another generation. In this episode, Paula and Elena make a compelling case that the path to closing the women’s health gap doesn’t just run through more funding or policy change - it runs through better data.

    26 min

  6. May 5

    The power of play for older adults with Ted Fischer

    Our guest today is Ted Fischer, chief executive of Ageless Innovation, a tech firm aiming to improve the lives of older adults through the power of play. As health systems grapple with ageing populations, staff shortages and rising demand, non-pharmacological ways of wellbeing support are being sought out… This is what led Ted to explore the potential of robotic companion pets. Today, we’re talking about why technology designed to bring joy may have a more serious role in modern care than many assume…

    22 min

  7. Apr 29

    A precision medicine approach to perimenopause with Vanessa Emslie

    Our guest today is Vanessa Emslie, chief medical officer at women's health and longevity company Willbe. Today, we’re taking a precision medicine approach to perimenopause, talking about the rapid change in the adoption of hormone replacement therapy, shifting clinical barriers and the “revolving door of patient attrition”…

    20 min

  8. Apr 22

    GLP-1s and the importance of nutrition with Lauren Struszczak

    Our guest today is Dr Lauren Struszczak, senior scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation. With obesity costing the NHS an estimated £6.5 billion annually, GLP-1 medications can help people living with obesity. But while these medications can support weight loss, they do not directly address dietary quality, which is fundamental to improving health in both the short and long-term. Today, we’ll be talking about how the rapid rise in the use of GLP-1 marks a shift in the treatment landscape for obesity care and why nutrition is central to supporting patients on weight-loss medications...

    22 min
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Real conversations with healthcare's leading voices! Join us as we talk to policy-makers and thought-leaders at the forefront of healthcare - empowering healthcare professionals and leaders to stay ahead, spotting clinical risks before they escalate and showcasing innovations before they become mainstream.

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