PocDoc

📣 Breaking News: PocDoc Secures the largest, oversubscribed Pre-A Funding Round for UK Digital Diagnostics of £5 million!  📣 🎉 Thrilled to announce that this heavily oversubscribed round – is backed by leading investors MMC Ventures, Molten Ventures, Simplyhealth Ventures, and a 4th major investor- KHP Ventures, the first NHS-anchored venture fund. With the largest raise at this stage for a UK- diagnostic company, this brings the total funding raised by PocDoc to over £10 million. 🚀 🚀 This investment will add continued support and growth for our retail & corporate partnerships and deepen our relationships with the NHS across the UK. 💬 - Our CEO and Co-Founder, Steve Roest: “ Today’s announcement of our heavily oversubscribed investment round is a major endorsement of our incredible technology and our journey to date.” “The inclusion of KHP Ventures as a fund backed by NHS institutions is a clear signal of our NHS traction and alignment with overall NHS priorities – we couldn’t be happier that they’re investing in our journey.” 💬 - Tim Irish, Partner at KHP Ventures: “At KHP Ventures, our focus is on investing in innovators and technologies that will deliver the best possible outcomes for patients, staff and health systems, starting with the NHS.” “PocDoc is demonstrating excellent traction and we’re looking forward to working with the team on the next phase of their growth journey.” 🙏 Thank you to our partners, investors, collaborators, and to the entire PocDoc team for making this possible! Link to the full press release ⬇ https://lnkd.in/e3NM6Pzj #PocDoc #FundingSuccess #DigitalHealth #HealthTechInnovation #CVDPrevention #AccessibleHealthcare #healthyheartcheck

Being named by Bukky as an ally for her Community was a real honour. ❤️ Bukky is one of the NHS’ leading Menopause specialists. She is also a vibrant advocate for equality of care for black and brown women and women of other ethnic backgrounds. Our NHS Menopause special HealthTech Hour is still one of my favourite shows and highest rated 👌✅ (Link in comments 👇) Being named as an ally is truly an honour. All I try and do is amplify the amazing work others are doing - like Bukky! The power of the Community is real. How are you supporting yours? ♻️ repost and share with your network. If this resonates follow me (Steve Roest) for more posts on health, HealthTech, disease prevention and the startup journey.

Eggs and Chocolate Cereal both Nutri-Score A. How is that possible? This actually happened to me today. Breakfast time ☕ with the kids... Eggs - Nutri-Score A. ✅ Nestle Chocapic - Nutri-Score A. 😵💫 How can we expect any busy family to make better choices if these two items are labelled as equally healthy? Answer: Nutri-Score is massively flawed. ❌ It only applies in category. > So chocolate cereal to chocolate cereal. ❌ Doesn't account for UPF. > Healthy foods penalised. ❌ Supported by Big Food. > Hmmm is that ethical? 🤑 Healthcare systems are investing billions in drugs to inject into ourselves but failing to address basic food issues like sensible, healthy labelling. What do you think about food labelling? Let me know 👇 in comments. ♻️ Repost to anyone who cares about healthy food for families. If this resonates, follow me (Steve Roest) for daily posts on health, healthtech, disease prevention and the startup journey.

📈 Research shows consistent and earlier daily physical activity can help to boost heart health. A new study in the Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise journel suggests that the time and consistency of exercise Not just the amount of exercise, but also has the potential to boost heart and lung health in older adults significantly 🫀 Dr Karyn Esser revealed that moving earlier and maintaining consistency may work in harmony with your circadian clock to help protect your health. Exercise has been known to be a great way to reduce your risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). 🏃The NHS recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity a week. Or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity, and strength exercises on two or more days a week. In addition to exercise, monitoring your heart health can help you understand your risk of developing CVD and assess the status of your heart health. ♻️ Like, share and repost for more healthtech and healthcare news.

PocDoc's Healthy Heart Campaign hits headlines! Who says no-one cares about Prevention? We've all heard "no-one cares about prevention" Some variation of: > System won't pay > Public won't listen Neither thing is true and today is more proof. OK! is one of the UK's leading "celebrity" titles. 🎖️ It cares about big consumer trends. 🤳 It ran a double-page feature on PocDoc's campaign to expand Healthy Heart Checks to Under 40s 🤯 > CVD health in younger demographic is ticking 💣 The Ozzy Tribute issue will likely be the biggest seller of the year 🤯 🤯 This is a huge win for everyone in Prevention. > The UK cares, prevention is on trend! It's also a huge moment for PocDoc - what a journey. Thanks as always to: ❤️ Our NHS partners ❤️ Our Community Pharmacy partners ❤️ The amazing PocDoc team > couldn't have done this without all of you! ♻️ Repost to your network and share more good news about the Prevention agenda. If this resonates, follow me (Steve Roest) for daily posts on Health, HealthTech, Disease Prevention and the Startup Journey.

Popstar in China to Pioneer in AI cancer detection. Giles has the most incredible story - listen now: What. A. Story. 🤯 If you need a lift, listen to this show. 💥 After losing his mother at 16, Giles realised there was no-one knew what was going to happen, there was no masterplan and he was on his own. He needed to get good at dealing with uncertainty. So Giles then went to China, where he: 1️⃣ Taught himself Mandarin. 2️⃣ Produced one of China's biggest rock albums ever. 3️⃣ Became a real, famous popstar himself. He then met his co-founder who had collated 800 biomarkers that when integrated into an AI model could more accurately diagnose cancer than existing methods. And the Pinpoint test was born! Currently finishing a hugely successful NHS trial, the Pinpoint test can revolutionise (in the ACTUAL sense of the word) cancer diagnosis. 🎧 LISTEN NOW: https://lnkd.in/ecz_sjRv ♻️ Repost and share this incredible story of determination, humility and absolute bonkers stuff like being a popstar in China with more people! If this resonates, follow me (Steve Roest) for daily posts on Health, HealthTech, Disease Prevention and the Startup Journey.

🏥 Over 4,000 children and young people are living with severe diabetes in the UK. NHS's new innovation ‘Smart Scales’ is set to tackle this issue. Piloting "smart scales" at 15 Complications from Excess Weight (CEW) clinics to support severely obese children in managing their weight. This technology will allow NHS staff to monitor and provide continuous support to patients and their families. Without the need for frequent hospital visits. The device will be rolled out to 4 more clinics in the summer, to help 150 more children. 👉 The smart scale device, which is currently being used by around 350 patients. Can connect to a mobile app which displays the progress of their weight management without displaying specific numbers. Some complications related to obesity include type 2 diabetes, stroke, early joint replacements and mental health difficulties. In children, this condition can also affect their school attendance, impacting their future life opportunities. 🔔 Follow, repost and share us to learn more about the latest in new health tech innovations.

Ego can destroy a good business. I’ve been around startups since I was a kid watching my Dad build internet businesses before the dotcom crash. (Spoiler: that didn’t work out so well 😂) Based on my experience: 1️⃣ Ego degrades performance. > Of the individual, team and company. 2️⃣ With smaller teams it degrades faster. > So startups are at greater ego-risk. 3️⃣ Correlation of arrogance and being a 💩 operator. > Confidence is not the same thing as arrogance. I am still humbled to have been on the #1 Work podcast 🙏 TRUTH LIES AND WORK 🎧listen now: https://lnkd.in/enu8eecT

📈 50% rise in obesity amongst adolescents in England in the last 15 years. This represents a huge, growing public health issue... Leading to an increased risk of developing major complications during teenage years. Including: ➡️ Type 2 diabetes ➡️ Liver Disease ➡️ Obstructive Sleep Apnea Researchers revealed that higher proportions of adolescents were overweight (26%) and obese (31%). They were found in those living in the most deprived areas compared with their healthy-weight peers (22%). Addressing these challenges early is needed to help reduce the long-term complications of obesity like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. And PocDoc is on a mission to aid in the prevention and early intervention of Cardiovascular, Metabolic, and Renal diseases. 🔔Follow us to learn more about the latest in new health tech innovations.

57% never been screened before. 51% at high risk of CVD. Real world impact. A random LinkedIn comment that hits hard 👊 ❤️ This is why screening needs to go into communities - including pharmacies, but even further into workplaces and homes. This comment is from our amazing West Yorkshire NHS lead about one of the PocDoc CVD screening projects there. 🙏 The 51% were connected with treatment options at point of care and results shared back with their GP. 🧨 ♻️repost to share good news in Prevention!