THEBIG PITCH P R O G R A M M E Monday 8 June 2026, 2.30pm The QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London
Contents Agenda 4 Welcome 6 Foreword 8 NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Network 12 Speakers and Panellists 18 Hosts 28 Our Impact 30 Entrepreneurs: Pitchers 32 Investor Pitching 42 Stands 46 Innovation Support 68 Impact Video 71
4 | Agenda 14:30 Arrivals, Registrations, Exhibition Viewing and Refreshments The exhibition zone includes over 150 Clinical Entrepreneur and partner stands, a mentor zone and investor pitching area 15:15 Investor Pitching Session 1: Exhibition Zone 16:50 Welcome to the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Big Pitch Hosted by Funmi Ullam, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur and Founder of the Eli App and Dr Rupy Aujla, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur and Founder of the Doctor’s Kitchen and Culinary Medicine UK 16:55 V ideo Compilation: NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs, Patient Entrepreneurs, Dementia Innovators, Partners and Mentors 17:00 Fireside Chat Samantha Jones, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care 17:15 P resenting the Future of Healthcare - Entrepreneur Pitches: Part One Hammad Jeilani, Jenni Dowley, Tom Chambers, Deena Mohammed, Nick Gompertz 17:25 Panel Session – A Decade of Supporting Entrepreneurship in the NHS Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Chair of the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Hinnah Rafique, Founder & CEO at Generation Medics, Dr Ash Kalraiya, CEO at Medishout, Dr Lewis Potter, CEO at Geeky Medics and Dr Krishan Ramdoo, CEO & Founder at TympaHealth 17:45 Presenting the Future of Healthcare - Entrepreneur Pitches: Part Two Sandra Nwokeoha, Umar Ahmad, Lydia Van Hamel-Parsons, Chris Whittle, Hannah Gompertz
| 5 P R O G R A M M E 17:55 Panel Session: Lived Experience Driving Change Hosted by Dr Tamsin Holland Brown BEM, Clinical Lead NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Ray Clements, Founder of Finding the Solution CIC, Funmi Ullam, Founder of the Eli App, Helen Normoyle, Co-Founder of My Menopause Centre, Neil Stevens, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Predictive Health Intelligence, Dr Rupy Aujla, Founder of the Doctor’s Kitchen and Culinary Medicine UK 18:15 Presenting the Future of Healthcare - Entrepreneur Pitches: Part Three Dafydd Loughran, Karen Marshall, Ghalib Khan, Catherine Kendall, Saif Ahmad 18:25 Panel Session: Leading the Next Decade Hosted by Will Warburton, Director of Life Sciences Policy and Strategy at NHS England Professor Dame Jane Dacre, President of the Medical Women’s Federation, Professor Lucy Chappell, Department of Health and Social Care Chief Scientific Adviser and CEO of the NIHR, Dr Natasha Davendralingam, Co-CEO of Anubix, Dr Shuler Xu, Co-Founder and CTO of RapidX Bio, Dr Frances Duffy, Founder and CEO of 6D-Dementia Ltd, Dr Nick de Pennington, Founder and CEO of Ufonia 18:45 Presenting the Future of Healthcare - Entrepreneur Pitches: Part Four Debbie Wake, Louwai Muhammed, Stacey Hatton, Glenda Devlin, Jim Kelly 18:55 Concluding Remarks Professor Frankie Swords, National Medical Director for the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England 19:05 Thank You Professor Tony Young OBE, National Clinical Lead for Innovation at NHS England and Dr Tamsin Holland Brown BEM, Clinical Lead NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme 19:15 Final Thank You Funmi Ullam and Dr Rupy Aujla 19:20 Drinks Reception and Exhibition Viewing 19:30 Investor Pitching Session 2: Exhibition Zone 21:15 Event Ends
6 | Welcome Ten years ago, we started the Clinical Entrepreneur Programme as a small pilot. It was aimed at junior doctors, but it quickly became clear it was about something bigger, a real, underlying appetite for change within the NHS. In those early days, the team was tiny. There was an enormous amount to do and not much infrastructure around us — a lot of it was built as we went. We were learning on the job, but it also felt full of possibility. I remember the first Pit Stop clearly. Sitting in a room with people who were already starting to think differently, there was a quiet anticipation. People were sharing ideas, testing them out, questioning each other. It wasn’t overly polished, but it was thoughtful, motivated, and full of potential. There were some genuinely brilliant ideas in that room, and a sense that people were ready to act on them. That was probably the moment it felt like we’d uncovered something. We didn’t know what it would become, but people came forward with energy and intent. These were clinicians who didn’t just want to deliver care — they wanted to improve it. For their patients, their colleagues and the systems they were working within. They wanted to build, test, challenge and create. Looking back now, that early spark has developed into something much bigger than I could have imagined at the time. A decade on, the programme has grown into a UK-wide community, spanning professions, sectors and all four nations. Some of that growth has been carefully structured, but a lot of it has happened organically — through the people involved, the ideas they’ve developed, and the connections they’ve built with each other. For me, the success has never really been about the scale alone. It’s about what has come out of it. The startups that have been launched. The leaders who have emerged. The change-makers who are now working across the system in different ways. And importantly, many who have stayed within the NHS — using what they’ve learned through the programme to lead change from within. Improving services, shaping pathways, influencing culture and bringing new ways of thinking into everyday practice. Then, People don’t just take part and move on, they stay connected, they mentor others, collaborate, and support each other’s work. And, at the heart of it, the impact all of this has had on patients and communities. Over time, we’ve also worked hard to broaden who is involved and how we think about innovation. Partnerships with organisations like Crisis and the Alzheimer’s Society have brought in perspectives we didn’t have at the start — helping us better understand inequality, homelessness and longterm conditions. Alongside this, creating a dedicated patient cohort has been an important step, making sure that lived experience is not just considered, but actively shaping ideas and solutions from the outset.
| 7 P R O G R A M M E Over the past ten years, we’ve seen people move between clinical work, innovation, system leadership and policy, often combining those roles in ways that just didn’t really exist before. They are improving how care is delivered, but also how it is designed. Another thing that has grown, and that I don’t think we could have fully planned for, is the strength of the community. People don’t just take part and move on. They stay connected. They mentor others, collaborate, and support each other’s work. Over time, it has become a network that sustains itself. When I think back to the beginning, the small team, the uncertainty, that first room of people testing out ideas — it’s hard to match that with what exists now. What we have today is something far more established but still driven by the same instinct. Looking back, those early days were defined by possibility. Now, there is a clear track record of what happens when people are given the space and support to do things differently. There is still a lot to do. The challenges facing health and care are only becoming more complex. But the strength of this community — and what it has already achieved — gives real confidence about what comes next. At its core, the programme is still about the same thing it was at the start: people who can see a way to make things better — for patients, for communities, and for the future of the NHS — and who are prepared to get on with it. Polly Sullivan Programme Lead, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, ARU
8 | Foreword Welcome to the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Big Pitch 2026. We are living through a period of extraordinary change. Advances in computing power, genomics, robotics, medicines, data, and artificial intelligence are reshaping what is possible in healthcare at a pace we have never seen before. These seismic shifts are not incremental, they are transforming how we understand disease, deliver care, and design entirely new models of treatment and prevention. This will be a defining era for healthcare and life sciences. Those who embrace innovation, talent, and new ways of thinking will set the global standard for decades to come. The NHS holds a unique advantage: the ingenuity of its people, the strength of its values, and the depth of its clinical and patient insight. By harnessing these assets and supporting bold ideas and entrepreneurial talent, we can position ourselves as global leaders in healthcare and life sciences technology, delivering better outcomes for patients and shaping the future of medicine. To those on the programme: continue to be curious, to explore what can be done better, and to challenge the status quo with your ideas, because you will help shape what comes next. Sir James Mackey Chief Executive Officer, NHS England A forward-looking health system does more than treat illness—it drives productivity, sparks innovation, and fuels national progress. For a decade, the NHS Clinical and Patient Entrepreneur Programmes have proven that the best solutions come from those on the front lines, be that the clinician caring for patients, or patients receiving care. But transforming the NHS is a collective mission. By empowering our clinicians, patients, and researchers to scale their ideas through this programme, we will make the UK one of the leading centres globally for healthcare innovation and world-class care. David Lawson Director of Medical Technology & Innovation at Department of Health and Social Care
| 9 P R O G R A M M E We also extend our sincere thanks to the supporters, contributors and mentors whose guidance, collaboration and commitment have helped the programme grow and succeed over the last decade. At its heart, the programme is about empowering people with the potential to shape the future of healthcare. Lindsey Hughes Director of Research Innovation, Research and Life Sciences Strategy Group, NHS England Will Warburton Director of Life Sciences Policy and Strategy, Innovation, Research and Life Sciences Strategy Group, NHS England This year marks the programme’s 10th anniversary. Over the past ten years, it has built a thriving community of innovators, bringing together exceptional talent and promising ideas from across health and care, including NHS staff, and more recently patients, whose lived experience and frontline insight continue to shape meaningful change. The programme exists to identify, nurture and accelerate talent, helping individuals turn ideas into solutions that improve care, reduce inequalities and strengthen the sustainability of services. Through access to expert support, skills and networks, it enables innovators to move their solutions from concept to real-world impact across the health system and beyond. We warmly welcome this year’s Clinical and Patient Entrepreneurs and congratulate all those who have completed the programme to date.
10 | new partners and all the home nations and the Republic of Ireland to create opportunities that simply didn’t exist before. The scale and quality of what is now in place is a testament to their hard work and belief in what we are trying to do. Along the way, we have had to adapt whether during the COVID-19 pandemic or as we’ve developed new parts of the programme like the Patient Entrepreneur Programme and the Dementia Innovators Programme. Each step has helped us stay relevant and focused on where we can make the biggest difference. Collaboration has been a constant throughout. We have been fortunate to work with an incredible network of mentors, partners and organisations who have generously supported our entrepreneurs and helped bring their ideas to life. That shared effort has been at the heart of everything we have achieved. Looking forward, there’s a growing sense of excitement about what’s possible. Healthcare faces big challenges, but equally big opportunities. We have built something strong over the past ten years, and there is much more to come. To everyone who has been part of this journey - thank you. I feel hugely proud of all you have achieved and am genuinely excited for what the next decade will bring. Professor Tony Young OBE National Clinical Lead for Innovation, NHS England, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Anglia Ruskin University, Consultant Urological Surgeon, and Associate Medical Director, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust From Start-up to Scale-up - 10 years of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme This year marks a special milestone as we celebrate ten years of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP). When we started in 2016, it came from the challenge that people working in the NHS were often made to feel they had to choose between their clinical careers and developing their ideas. We believed they should be able to do both and that patients, the NHS and the wider life science economy would benefit enormously. Ten years on, it is incredible to see how far we have come. What started as just over 100 resident doctors joining year one, has grown into a diverse and supportive community of people from right across the NHS with now over 1800 Clinical and Patient Entrepreneurs and Dementia innovators. That breadth of experience has made a real difference, helping ensure that innovation is grounded in what patients, carers and the NHS actually need. What stands out most to me, though, is the people. I have been constantly inspired by the entrepreneurs who have come through the programme; their drive, their honesty about the challenges they see every day, and their determination to do something about it. So many have taken early ideas and turned them into solutions that are now making a genuine difference to patients and colleagues both in the UK and abroad. I couldn’t be prouder of what our entrepreneurs have achieved. I am equally proud of how the programme itself has grown. From those early days, the team has worked tirelessly to build something that really supports people, expanding the offer, bringing in
| 11 P R O G R A M M E uncertainty, workload pressures, and the complexity of change. The growth of the programme, its increasing diversity across professions and backgrounds, and its recognition within the NHS 10 Year Health Plan all signal that innovation is no longer peripheral to the future of healthcare, but central to it. Above all, the last ten years have shown that when people working on the frontline are given permission, community, and support, they do not simply adapt to the future of healthcare but help to create it. Dr Tamsin Holland Brown Paediatrician, Founder Of Hear Glue Ear and Clinical Lead for the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Over the past ten years, the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme has grown from a small pilot into one of the largest multidisciplinary healthcare innovation workforce programmes internationally. The programme has created space for frontline staff to develop ideas, leadership skills, and implementation capability while remaining connected to patient care and NHS values. It has supported charities, social enterprises, pathway redesigns, digital health, patient entrepreneurs, and community-led innovations, while helping retain talented staff within the NHS who may otherwise have felt there was no place for them. This ten-year Big Pitch celebration is therefore much more than an anniversary. It is a reflection on a decade of clinicians, patients, mentors, and NHS staff choosing to improve healthcare despite
12 | NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Network Northern Ireland “Northern Ireland’s health and social care system is distinct in being fully integrated, with health and social care delivered through a single system. A major recent development is the rollout of Encompass, a clinically and operationally led integrated care record that provides a single digital record for every citizen in Northern Ireland. The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) has made a significant contribution in Northern Ireland since its delivery began in 2022. Its impact has been both economic and systemic. Participants have secured funding, created jobs, and contributed to wider UK innovation success. Just as importantly, the programme supports workforce retention by giving healthcare professionals alternative career pathways within the health and social care system. To date, the programme has supported more than 30 entrepreneurs across the workforce, including doctors, nurses, psychologists, and allied health professionals. In 2026/27, eight new Northern Ireland NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs will join the programme, funded jointly by the Department of Health NI and the Department for the Economy NI. The programme aligns closely with Northern Ireland’s wider reform agenda, particularly the HSC Reset Plan and the Neighbourhood Model of Care, both of which aim to create a sustainable, neighbourhood-centred system focused on prevention, tackling inequalities, and improving long-term outcomes.” X: @HIRANIhealth @InvestNI www.hira-ni.com
| 13 P R O G R A M M E Scotland “The Digital Health & Innovation Centre (DHI), in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, NHS Scotland are embarking on a fourth year with the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Targeted at NHS employees from across NHS Scotland, DHI is co-funding the inclusion of 9 successful Scottish candidates for this year. The DHI is leading the Scottish coordination group for the programme in collaboration with Scottish Enterprise, NHS Education Scotland, InnoScot Health, TechScaler Programme and Scottish Government. The coordination group will support the Scottish candidates in their innovation journey and help them to identify Scottish support while providing networking and collaboration opportunities into the wider Scottish innovation and entrepreneurial landscape. By bringing together all the key organisations across the Scottish health and care landscape we have been able to coordinate and focus our efforts in supporting Clinical Entrepreneurs and recognising and investing in talented people who can actively contribute to improving and transforming our health and care services for the better. By linking this programme with other national clinical leadership programmes in Scotland we are seeking to create an environment where, leadership, entrepreneurship and clinical excellence can thrive and grow. Partnering with the CEP is one way that we can provide a supportive and enabling environment to assist our entrepreneurs to achieve their full potential and expand their horizons.” Professor George Crooks Chief Executive Officer, Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre www.dhi-scotland.com X: @dhiscotland
14 | Republic of Ireland “As the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme celebrates a decade of transforming healthcare through innovation, ongoing participation from the Republic of Ireland highlights the programme’s growth, influence, and international reach. The two Irish Clinical Entrepreneurs joining the Programme in 2026 were selected by Health Innovation Hub Ireland, with support from Enterprise Ireland. Their inclusion reflects a strategic partnership between the Irish Government — via the Department of Health, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Enterprise Ireland, and the Health Service Executive — and the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Through this collaboration, Irish clinicians are embedded in the CEP community at a pivotal moment in its evolution: gaining access to world‑leading training, commercial expertise, investor networks, and a powerful peer cohort. At The Big Pitch, they stand alongside innovators from across the decade, showcasing how frontline clinical insight continues to drive scalable solutions, culture change, and patient impact. As CEP looks ahead to its next ten years, this partnership underscores the programme’s enduring purpose: enabling clinicians to turn lived experience into innovations that shape the future of healthcare — nationally and globally.” Geraldine O’Flynn Clinical Innovation Programme Manager, Health Innovation Hub Ireland Dr Tanya Mulcahy National Director, Health Innovation Hub Ireland www.hih.ie
| 15 P R O G R A M M E Wales Championing Innovation in Welsh Healthcare “At Cardiff University, we’re proud to work with Welsh Government for the second year to support nine pioneering healthcare professionals from Wales who have joined the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme this year. Last year proved a major step forward for innovation in the Welsh NHS with the first Welsh CEP cohort. Co-Funded by a joint venture between Cardiff University and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff Medicentre and Welsh Government, the partnership reflects our deep commitment to nurturing innovation and empowering clinicians and healthcare professionals to develop and scale transformative ideas that can improve patient care, enhance service delivery, and drive economic growth in the life sciences sector. As part of the UK’s largest entrepreneurial workforce development programme, these Welsh innovators gain access to expert mentoring, commercial training, and a national network of NHS and industry partners. This support equips them with the tools to turn their ideas into real-world solutions that benefit patients and healthcare systems alike. This partnership between Government, academia and healthcare reflects a shared commitment to nurturing talent, accelerating innovation, and embedding a culture of entrepreneurship within the NHS in Wales. By investing in people and ideas, we are helping to shape a more resilient, forward-thinking healthcare system for the future.” Clinical Innovation Hub, Medicentre and School of Medicine, Cardiff University www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/research/clinical-innovation www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicentre Life Sciences and Innovation Division, Health, Social Care and Early Years Group, Welsh Government www.gov.wales
16 | Dementia Innovators Programme Tackling Dementia Through Innovation: A Growing Partnership “Alzheimer’s Society is proud to continue its partnership with the NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme, launching a second cohort of Dementia Innovators, supporting entrepreneurs developing products that help people living with dementia remain independent at home through smart, scalable solutions. This collaboration, the programme’s first with a health charity, brings together clinical expertise and innovation to address the UK’s biggest killer. Dementia affects one in three people, with more than one million A&E visits linked to dementia last year alone. One in six hospital beds is occupied by someone living with dementia, highlighting the urgent need for change. There is now more hope in dementia than ever before. The first disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease are emerging, blood tests for earlier diagnosis are on the horizon, and new technologies have the potential to transform everything from prevention and detection to support and independent living. Through this partnership, healthcare professionals will be supported to develop solutions that improve diagnosis, widen access to new therapies, and enhance quality of life for people affected by dementia. As innovation accelerates and technology creates new opportunities for greater independence, the time for innovation is now. Together, we aim to improve lives across the UK while helping reduce the £42 billion annual cost of dementia.” E: [email protected] www.alzheimers.org.uk X: @alzheimerssoc Instagram: /alzheimerssoc/
| 17 P R O G R A M M E Patient Entrepreneur Programme “We are delighted to welcome our third cohort of Patient Entrepreneurs. Our Patient Entrepreneurs are all patients or family carers with lived experience of health conditions. They bring a unique perspective to understanding real-world challenges in healthcare. Their lived experience has shaped their innovations and their understanding of the gaps in healthcare. The Government’s 10 Year Plan highlights the importance of patient experience, patient-driven healthcare improvements and the need to address inequities in health outcomes. Our patient entrepreneurs bring a passion to transform patient care and health equity. Our Patient Entrepreneur cohort will receive the same educational content, support and access to resources as Clinical Entrepreneurs, in addition to smaller group work and tailored support, linking in with the Patient and Public involvement team at NHS England.” We aim to support patient entrepreneurs’ insight into how they can grow their innovation and support them to showcase the benefit of patient-led innovations. Alice Williams, Head of Patient and Public Involvement Innovation, Research and Life Sciences Unit, NHS England Alice Williams Head of Patient and Public Involvement, NHS England Venture Studios Crisis Changing Lives at Crisis “We’re delighted to be entering the fifth year of our partnership with the Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Since February 2022, when Changing Lives entrepreneurs became the first group from outside the NHS to enrol on the programme, our collaboration has continued to grow in both impact and ambition. To date, 19 Changing Lives entrepreneurs have successfully joined the CEP, gaining access to innovative learning, meaningful opportunities, and a dynamic network of fellow Clinical Entrepreneurs. Changing Lives helps dismantle barriers that too often prevent people with lived experience of homelessness from pursuing entrepreneurship and turning their ideas into reality. At Crisis, this work is central to our mission. Our partnership with the CEP supports participants to explore new pathways, grow their businesses, access spaces they have often been excluded from, and realise their potential - with pride.” Liz Choonara Executive Director of Commerce and Enterprise, Crisis www.crisis.org.uk/ending-homelessness/changing-livesgrant-programme/ X: @Crisis_uk
18 | Samantha Jones Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care Samantha started her career as a general and paediatric nurse. Having completed the NHS Management Training Scheme, she worked in a variety of operational management roles across the NHS including as a chief executive for 2 trusts. She has worked nationally at NHS England leading the New Models of Care programme before moving to run primary care services as chief executive of the largest primary care provider in England. Throughout her career Samantha has worked in both the public and private sector focused on delivering health services. Samantha was appointed as expert adviser to the Prime Minister for NHS transformation and social care in 2021 where she led on all elements of health and social care policy before taking up post as the interim Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer for 10 Downing Street. Samantha was most recently the expert adviser to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh Chair of the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Sir Bruce has had a distinguished international career as a cardiac surgeon. He has had a longstanding interest in healthcare quality and has served on the boards of the Commission for Health Improvement and Healthcare Commission. He was appointed Medical Director of the NHS in 2007. For the following decade as the most senior doctor in the NHS he was responsible for clinical policy and strategy, clinical leadership and innovation across the health service. In 2018 he became Chair of the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Speakers and Panellists CEP has completely changed my clinical and business mindset… it has changed my career trajectory for the better.
| 19 P R O G R A M M E Professor Frankie Swords National Medical Director, Department of Health and Social Care Professor Frankie Swords was appointed the National Medical Director of NHS England and Department of Health and Social Care on 1st June 2026. Professor Swords has over 30 years’ experience in the NHS. She was Executive Medical Director at NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board, having previously held Executive Medical Director roles at both NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board and NHS Suffolk and Northeast Essex Integrated Care Board. Alongside this, she works as a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is an Honorary Professor to Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia. Earlier in her career, she was Medical Director at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, and held multiple medical leadership positions at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, after completing her training in Oxford and London. Will Warburton Director of Life Sciences Policy and Strategy, Innovation, Research and Life Sciences Strategy, NHS England Will Warburton is Director of Life Sciences Policy and Strategy at NHS England. He co-leads the NHS England Innovation, Research and Life Sciences team, with responsibility for Horizon Scanning and HealthTech Innovation. Will was previously Managing Director of the Shelford Group, Director of Improvement at the Health Foundation, and Senior Policy Fellow at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London. Will is a Trustee at Tommy’s, the pregnancy health charity. NHS CEP is something quite magical — harnessing creativity, knowledge and passion and turning it into something that can truly change the world.
20 | Professor Tony Young OBE National Clinical Lead for Innovation, NHS England, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Anglia Ruskin University, Consultant Urological Surgeon, and Associate Medical Director, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust In 2014, Tony became the first National Clinical Lead for Innovation for the NHS, providing clinical leadership in delivering improved health outcomes in England. Driving the uptake of proven innovations across the NHS, he promotes economic growth through innovation, and helps to make the NHS the go-to place on the planet for medical innovation. In 2015, Tony founded the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. This has become the world’s largest entrepreneurial workforce development programme of its kind. In the 2019 New Year’s Honours list Tony was awarded the OBE for services to clinical leadership. LinkedIn: /in/drtonyyoung Dr Tamsin Holland Brown BEM Paediatrician, Founder of Hear Glue Ear and Co-Clinical Lead for the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Tamsin works as a Paediatrician in Cambridge and specialises in children that are deaf. This led her focus on children with temporary hearing loss due to glue ear (a common condition experienced by 80% children at least once, where fluid builds up behind the ear drum, causing temporary deafness in young children), she created an affordable medical device to improve hearing and an app to improve childhood developmental skills. This became the only solution for remote patient management of glue ear during the COVID pandemic in 2020. The device and the app won innovation and paediatric awards, with NICE ‘highly commending’ the app as a shared learning example and the UK app awards awarding ‘Children’s App Of The Year’. Her journey led her to become an educator in digital health and clinical entrepreneurship, becoming the Co-Clinical Lead for the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur programme in 2021. www.hearglueearapp.com www.hearglueear.wordpress.com Email: [email protected] X: @hearglueear
| 21 P R O G R A M M E Professor Lucy Chappell Department of Health and Social Care Chief Scientific Adviser and CEO, NIHR Professor Lucy Chappell is Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the UK’s largest funder of health and care research. The Chief Scientific Adviser has overall responsibility for DHSC research and development and for supporting analysis and life sciences across the Department. Prof Chappell provides science advice to ministers across the range of health topics and is involved in cross-government science policy. Prof Chappell is also Professor of Obstetrics at King’s College London, working mainly in clinical trials in pregnancy, and a practising Consultant Obstetrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Dame Jane Dacre DBE, MD, FRCP President of the Medical Women’s Federation Dame Jane leads the Phase 2 Medical Education and Training review. She is Emeritus Professor of Medical Education at UCL; President of the Medical Women’s Federation, Medical Protection Society, and Royal Medical Benevolent Fund; and a specialist adviser to Parliament’s Health and Care Committee, where she chairs the Independent Expert Panel evaluating Government pledges. She led the Department of Health and Social Care review of the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine—Mend the Gap (December 2020)—and now chairs the DHSC gender pay gap implementation advisory group. She co-chaired the Commission on Professional Leadership in Pharmacy (2023), leading to the creation of the Royal College of Pharmacy. A former Director of UCL Medical School, she is also an honorary consultant physician and rheumatologist at Whittington Health, London. She is a past President of the Royal College of Physicians of London—the third woman in its 500-year history—and has served as vice chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, medical director of the MRCP(UK) examination, academic vice president of the RCP, and a GMC council member. Her research focuses on medical education, assessment, gender, and equality in healthcare.
22 | Dr Krishan Ramdoo CEO & Founder TympaHealth Technologies Ltd Dr. Krishan Ramdoo is the Founder & CEO of TympaHealth, a pioneering healthtech company transforming how ear and hearing care is delivered. With a background as an ENT surgeon and clinical researcher at University College London, Krishan launched TympaHealth to make hearing care more accessible in the community. Today, TympaHealth operates in the UK and US, has supported over 500,000 patients, and has been recognised internationally with Forbes features, global design awards, and the top spot in the 2024 Business Cloud HealthTech 50 list. TympaHealth’s mission is simple: to democratise hearing care and improve lives worldwide. LinkedIn: /company/tympahealth-technologies-ltd www.tympahealth.com Dr Hinnah Rafique Founder and CEO, Generation Medics Dr Hinnah Rafique is a trailblazing leader in healthcare intrapreneurship and social innovation. As the inaugural Clinical Lead for Social Enterprise and Intrapreneurship for the NHS—and the first woman appointed as an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow— she has pioneered frameworks that enable healthcare professionals to drive transformative change from within complex healthcare systems. As founder and CEO of Generation Medics, an awardwinning social enterprise, Dr Rafique has created systemic change in healthcare workforce diversity, supporting thousands from underrepresented communities to enter medicine, healthcare and life sciences. Recognised as one of the UK’s WISE100 most influential female leaders in social enterprise, her strategic approach to building business cases and advocating for change has delivered measurable impact across clinical, academic, and social enterprise sectors. LinkedIn: /in/drhinnahrafique www.generationmedics.org.uk
| 23 P R O G R A M M E Dr Lewis Potter CEO, Geeky Medics Lewis Potter is a GP and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur passionate about how technology can transform clinical education at scale. Fifteen years ago, he founded Geeky Medics, a leading clinical education platform used by millions of students, clinicians, and institutions worldwide. Their latest innovation, SimChat, brings ultra-realistic AI patient simulations to life - enabling institutions to deliver immersive clinical training at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. Geeky Medics mission is to make clinical education more accessible, engaging, and effective through intelligent technology - from trusted OSCE resources and interactive learning tools to scalable AI-driven training solutions that help educators teach and assess clinical skills more efficiently than ever before. www.geekymedics.com Dr Ash Kalraiya Founder and CEO, MediShout Ash worked as an Orthopaedic Surgeon for a decade in the NHS and South Africa, plus in Malawi where he was a World Orthopaedic Concern Fellow. He founded MediShout after witnessing hospital operational problems preventing best patient care; for example when he cancelled operations due to faulty equipment or a broken theatre lightbulb. MediShout solves such problems by delivering the world’s first ‘one-stop’ App for hospital staff to report any operational issue whilst using AI to predict future problems. By integrating clinical staff, clinical engineering and medical device companies, MediShout improves operational workflow in hospitals. Ash has since become an NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow. www.medishout.co.uk X: @ashmedishout LinkedIn: /in/ashkalraiya I cannot commend the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme highly enough. It has been a game changer for my start-up and my personal development as an entrepreneur.
24 | Dr Natasha Davendralingam Co-CEO, Anubix, Consultant Radiologist Natasha is a Consultant Radiologist, Co-Founder and CEO of Anubix, and an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Fellow. Through Anubix, Natasha is pioneering a new model of post-mortem imaging and death investigation, using post-mortem CT to offer faster, less invasive and more dignified alternatives to traditional autopsy. Her work spans radiology, pathology, coronial law, medico-legal practice, healthcare innovation, AI, ethics and family-centred death care. Anubix has developed award-winning PMCT services across NHS, local authority and coronial settings, improving access to modern death investigation pathways and helping reduce delays for bereaved families. Natasha has also led the creation of Anubix Academy, the world’s first virtual post-mortem imaging learning platform, alongside practical training, international education initiatives, governance frameworks and the After Life Imaging Clinic, a family-facing service designed to help loved ones understand post-mortem imaging findings with compassion and clarity. www.anubix.co.uk LinkedIn: /company/anubixradiology Instagram: @anubixafterlife Dr Frances Duffy Founder and CEO, 6D-Dementia Ltd. Dr Frances Duffy, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, has over 15 years of experience in dementia care. As an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur, she founded 6D-Dementia Ltd., with support from Techstart and Innovate UK. 6D is transforming dementia care with the innovative online training platform designed for caregivers, care homes, domiciliary care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, and NHS organisations. 6D delivers evidence-based, role-specific training that empowers caregivers and healthcare professionals to provide high-quality, person-centred dementia care. Interest in 6D is growing rapidly, with NHS trusts and other organisations recognising its ability to address urgent workforce needs, reduce caregiver stress and burnout, staff turnover and staff absence. Quality training delivers measurable cost savings by reducing breakdown in living arrangements, decreasing unnecessary hospital admissions and reducing the need for psychotropic medications with significant side effects. It also enables people with dementia to live independently for longer and improves quality of life. LinkedIn: /in/frances-duffy-6d X: @duffy_frances www.6ddementia.com
| 25 P R O G R A M M E Dr Shuler Xu Co-Founder and CTO, RapidX Bio Dr Shuler Xu is Co-Founder and CTO of RapidX Bio. Shuler has been an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur since 2022, is currently a co-investigator for a Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust IAA at the university of Cambridge. Shuler along with his Co-Founder Nipun leads a team developing the world’s fastest, portable and arguably one of the most affordable qPCR platforms. This innovation uses lasers and gold nanorods to enable direct, technician-free detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in under 10 minutes with >95% sensitivity & specificity— delivering a 200-fold reduction in diagnostic turnaround and unlocking a new paradigm. LinkedIn: /company/rapidx-bio Dr Nick de Pennington Founder and CEO, Ufonia Nick is the Founder and CEO at Ufonia who brings to the team his background as a neurosurgeon with 15 years’ experience delivering frontline patient care and digital projects across regional health systems. Nick has an MA in Neurophysiology from the University of Cambridge, a BM BCh in Medicine, and a MBA with distinction from the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He’s an alumnus of Michael Porter’s Value Based Healthcare course at HBS and is ambitious and optimistic about the potential of technology to fix the systematic challenges facing health services across the world. LinkedIn: /in/nick-de-pennington/ www.ufonia.com An absolute game-changer… it gave me the confidence to lead a business. The depth of learning and high-calibre connections make this essential for any clinician.
26 | Ray Clements Founder, Finding the Solution CIC Ray Clements is the founder of Finding the Solution. After losing his sight in late 2022 and feeling as though life had been “put on pause,” he discovered Goalball, which helped him rebuild his confidence, agency and joy. He later represented Great Britain in blind baseball, becoming the only British visually impaired player to hit a home run in national competition and earning a bronze medal at the World Championships. Through these experiences, Clements has seen how inclusive sport and storytelling can transform lives and is committed to sharing that impact with others. His mission focuses on empowering underserved communities through advocacy, education and inclusive initiatives that promote social justice and personal transformation. Finding the Solution is a Community Interest Company dedicated to public benefit. It delivers inclusive sports programmes and a podcast series featuring individuals who are “finding the solution” in their own lives, offering inspiration, insight and visibility. Facebook: @Finding the Solution YouTube: @FINDING_THE_SOLUTION X: @/F_T_SOLUTION Instagram: @finding_the_solution www.findingthesolution.co.uk Helen Normoyle Co-Founder, My Menopause Centre Helen co-founded My Menopause Centre (MMC), a purpose-led digital health business, and served as CEO until its acquisition by Medichecks in December 2025. MMC provides free, evidence-based information on perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause, alongside a personalised online assessment tool. The organisation also co-created the UK’s first British Sign Language menopause resource with BID Services, the University of Wolverhampton and Holland & Barrett. Its clinic combines medical expertise, data and personalised care to support women through menopause. She has held Chief Marketing Officer roles at Boots, the BBC and DFS, and has experience in regulation at Ofcom and the mobile technology sector with Motorola. Helen served for nearly a decade as a Non-Executive Director at Allied Irish Banks, where she was also Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Sustainable Business Advisory Committee. She is currently a NED at Sainsbury’s Bank and Travelodge, where she chairs the Sustainability Committee, and advises Practice Plus Group Hospitals following its acquisition by Narayana Health. www.mymenopausecentre.com
| 27 P R O G R A M M E Neil Stevens Managing Director and Co-Founder, Predictive Health Intelligence With over 30 years’ experience in Information Management roles in the NHS, I am now an independent Management Consultant and have held several non-Executive Director roles. I am the co-founder and Managing Director of Predictive Health Intelligence with my Medical Director, Dr Tim Jobson, who is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist. We were awarded an i4i NIHR grant in 2020, and have developed an effective case finding tool, hepatoSIGHT®, that finds people at risk of chronic liver disease, before they have symptoms, and early enough that treatments are still effective. In a single Trust this has already enabled over 700 people to be identified and invited to make a clinic appointment and over 500 who need additional liver disease diagnostic tests and is currently being rolled out to a further 12 NHS Trusts. www.predictivehealthintelligence.co.uk LinkedIn: /company/predictive-health-intelligence I decided to bring a flag up for the Clinical Entrepreneur programme as a thanks for everything they have done to support me over so many years. The programme is great, and inspires participants to aim high. Tim Allardyce, Cohort 3. Taken at the summit of Mount Everest on the 21st May 2026
28 | Hosts Dr Rupy Aujla Founder, The Doctor’s Kitchen Dr Rupy Aujla, MBBS, BSc, MRCGP, MSc is a Londonbased doctor, specialising in General Practice and Emergency Medicine, a nutritionist and founder of The Doctor’s Kitchen. He hosts The Doctor’s Kitchen podcast with over 20m downloads, YouTube channel and Doctor’s Kitchen recipe app that helps over 10,000 people each week use evidence-based food and lifestyle medicine to live healthier happier lives. Dr Rupy’s life was changed after suffering a significant heart condition in 2009. After learning about nutritional medicine he was able to reverse his condition using a food and lifestyle approach. Influenced by the teachings of both ancient and modern medicine, underpinned by his own clinical experience, Dr Rupy creates recipes that optimise health. He is a Sunday Times bestselling author and has 5 cookbooks to his name as well as a Masters in Nutritional Medicine. Dr Rupy founded Europe’s first non-profit Culinary Medicine programme for medical schools in 2017 that teaches undergraduates the foundations of nutritional medicine and how to cook. Known for his BBC shows “Cooking in the Doctor’s Kitchen” as well as Channel 4’s Secrets of the Glucose Goddess with Jessie Inchauspé and Cook Clever Waste Less with Dame Prue Leith, Dr Rupy inspires audiences with easy, budget-friendly recipes that promote wellbeing. Regularly appearing on programs like This Morning and Saturday Kitchen, Dr. Rupy is on a mission to make healthy cooking accessible and enjoyable for all. Instagram: @doctors_kitchen LinkedIn: /in/rupy-aujla/
| 29 P R O G R A M M E Funmi Ullam Founder, Eli App & Parent-Advocate for Children’s Health, and Health Account Executive, CloudFlare Funmi Ullam is a founder passionate about improving outcomes for children and families living with chronic health conditions such as sickle cell disease. Alongside her role at Cloudflare, where she partners with the NHS and Healthcare Startups on digital transformation and secure infrastructure for the future of AI-enabled care, Funmi is also the founder of Crescent Kids, a charity supporting families navigating long-term childhood health conditions. Driven by lived experience as a mother of a child diagnosed with sickle cell disease, she founded the Eli App, a digital health platform designed to empower children, families and clinicians through technology, education and proactive care. Funmi is a member of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme and regularly speaks on innovation, digital inclusion and the role of lived experience in shaping the future of care LinkedIn: /company/eli-health YouTube: @EliApp Instagram: /theeliapp
Year 10 figures are based on 516 respondents 40,951 hours of mentoring were delivered to Clinical Entrepreneurs Year one – 706 Year two – 864 Year three – 1,856 Year four – 7,872 Year five – 8,097 Year six – 5,683 Year seven – 4,099 Year eight – 5,719 Year nine – 6,055 695 innovations are being developed 267partnerships and collaborations 10,693 occurrences of organisations adopting Clinical Entrepreneur innovations 1,536 Entrepreneurs Year one – 104 Year two – 138 Year three – 120 Year four – 151 Year five – 193 Year six – 175 Year seven – 197 Year eight – 236 Year nine – 222 278.3m private, professional and patient users of products, processes and services developed by Clinical Entrepreneurs Year one – 5.6m Year two – 8.1m Year three – 3.7m Year four – 17.2m Year five – 57.2m Year six – 40.5m Year seven – 50.1m Year eight – 41.5m Year nine – 54.4m
P R O G R A M M E 83,877 CPD points have been awarded to Clinical Entrepreneurs Year two – 5,026 Year three – 7,238 Year four – 7,723 Year five – 8,948 Year six – 14,208 Year seven – 10,662 Year eight – 13,106 Year nine – 16,876 More than £1.2bn of funding raised Year one – £51.7m Year two – £67.1m Year three – £45.3m Year four – £115.3m Year five – £110.6m Year six – £478.3m Year seven – £103.1m Year eight – £162.9m Year nine – £138.6m 448 clinicians returned to the NHS or were retained within the NHS as a result of the Programme Year one – 34 Year two – 47 Year three – 25 Year four – 90 Year five – 52 Year six – 35 Year seven – 50 Year eight – 61 Year nine – 54 691 start–ups have been created Year one – 50 Year two – 63 Year three – 62 Year four – 71 Year five – 81 Year six – 96 Year seven – 82 Year eight – 87 Year nine – 99 1,082 Clinical Entrepreneurs participated in accelerators and business support programmes Year one – 28 Year two – 47 Year three – 70 Year four – 66 Year five – 66 Year six – 135 Year seven – 229 Year eight – 167 Year nine – 274 5,184 jobs have been created Year one – 344 Year two – 357 Year three – 346 Year four – 324 Year five – 862 Year six – 617 Year seven – 556 Year eight – 481 Year nine – 1297
32 | Dr Chris Whittle Co-Founder, London Quantum Group Chris is a former anaesthetist and exited healthtech founder from Cohort one of the Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Since his exit, he has mentored within CEP and at Techstars, led international clinical teams, and advised multiple healthtech companies on scaling safe governance, AI deployment, and digital health systems. Alongside his co-founder, he is now building London Quantum Group to tackle a challenge that has followed him throughout his career: enabling secure, trustable access to healthcare data for research and AI. LinkedIn: /in/chriswhittle86/ www.londonquantumgroup.com Entrepreneurs: Pitchers Dr Hammad Jeilani Co-Founder and Medical Director, Apian Dr Hammad Jeilani is Co-founder and Medical Director of Apian, a startup building the autonomous logistics infrastructure for healthcare. Apian integrates AI-powered robots and drones into a single network that moves urgent medical items as easily as data. After securing landmark regulatory approval in London, Apian is now scaling across the NHS to automate routine tasks, improve patient outcomes and boost UK productivity. LinkedIn: /in/hammadjeilani/ LinkedIn: /company/apian/ www.apian.health Everything you hear regarding this programme is true… being an NHS clinical entrepreneur holds significant weight and value.
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