Upskill.Health named as start-up finalist for Digital Health Rewired's Pitchfest Competition
NHS Workforce
December 27, 2024
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Upskill.Health has been named as a finalist for Digital Health’s annual competition for the most promising startups in the UK, ahead of the live finals at Rewired 2025.
Rewired Pitchfest offers innovative digital health enterprises the chance to pitch their ideas in front of a live audience of NHS leaders, investors and industry peers at the event which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham on 18-19 March 2025.
Applications for Pitchfest opened in May 2024 and closed in August, with a total of 85 start-ups entering the competition. The judging panel whittled down the entries, selecting nine entries from each category to progress through to the live finals at Rewired.
Winners will gain access to expert advice from CW+ and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s CW Innovation team, and the potential to run a project at the trust.
Sponsored by healthcare PR agency Silver Buck, Pitchfest welcomes entrants in two categories: pre-revenue start-ups and revenue generating start-ups.
In addition to Upskill.Health, some of the other Pitchfest 2025 finalists are:
A startup on a mission to empower healthcare staff by efficient email management for enhanced productivity, patient care safety and staff wellbeing.
Ameet Bakhai, cofounder and chief executive of AirEmail, said: “Pitchfest is our chance to showcase AirEmail’s solution to reduce digital work stress for health care staff with email overload.
“We’re so excited to be recognised as digital game changers and look forward to meeting the crowd.
This startup has built a pre-diagnostic tool for the early detection and screening of ADHD, Autism and their comorbidities.
Sophia Parvizi-Wayne, chief executive and cofounder of Kanjo, said: “Having spent the last year working alongside hundreds of clinicians, we know that right now in the UK there is a lot of work we need to do to support clinicians, patient’s on waitlists and those who need support before, during and after a diagnosis.
“Every day we are learning more about ADHD and autism and are at an exciting time to now help our services with the huge demand they have.”
AI-powered precision medicine engine that eliminates guesswork by analysing biological, environmental, and lifestyle data. Datum empowers clinicians with real-time, evidence-based insights to deliver truly personalised medications and help reduce errors.
Develops computational tools for personalised medicine with a focus on assisting physicians in making optimal personalised treatment decisions for each patient based on the complex molecular characteristics of human diseases.
Dr Istvan Petak, founder and chief executive of Genomate Health, said: “It’s an honour for Genomate Health to be named a finalist in the Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2025.
“Genomate is here to tackle one of the NHS’s toughest challenges: making cancer treatment decisions faster, smarter, and more precise. We’re excited to showcase how innovation can truly transform cancer care.”
A startup on a mission to use technology to automate aspects of clinical coding, increasing efficiency within the NHS. It offers an electronic patient record (EPR) plug-in which enhances clinical coding accuracy and efficiency in surgery.
Grant Nolan, cofounder and chief executive of MyOpNotes, said: “Accurate clinical coding is a top priority for NHS Trust currently, driven by the harsh financial climate they’re working within.
“We’ve shown MyOpNotes can help hospitals improve the accuracy and efficiency of clinical coding in surgery with dramatic effect. In one trust we improved the HRG in 50% of patients.
“The automation of clinical coding has helped the coding teams keep on top of the growing demands.
“As an NHS surgeon, I believe we urgently need to be designing health technology around clinicians. It’s exciting to be a part of Pitchfest 2025.
