AI-Powered Skin Cancer Detection for the NHS – Neil Daly (CEO – Skin Analytics)

Powered by https://peerr.io In this week’s episode Neil shares his journey from consulting into building Skin Analytics, the only UKCA approved Class IIa AI as a Medical Device for dermatology with an 99.8% accuracy of ruling out of skin cancer! We discussed: 📈 A career pivot from consulting into healthtech 🌪️ First exposure into the ‘chaotic world’ of healthcare 🧩 Solving the complexities of healthcare from the outside 🚀 0-1 of building Skin Analytics 💡Difficulty commercialising digital health solutions 🤖 How did the recent rise of LLMs change perceptions around skin cancer detection 📜 Leaning into regulations and compliance 🏆 The only UKCA approved Class IIa AI as a Medical Device for dermatology 🖼️ Building the initial dataset to train skin cancer detection models 🤝 Securing the first NHS contract 📈 The adoption curve for Skin Analytics 📘 Building a repeatable playbook as a VC-backed business 🏥 Building relationships with the NHS as customers 🎯 How to engage the right stakeholders in the NHS ⚠️ The pitfalls of having the NHS as the sole customers for VCs 💸 Fundraising journey and advice for founders Neil Daly is the Founder and Director of Skin Analytics. He is a Committee Member of Real World Evidence Programme - NIHR i4i & OLS and an NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow. Prior to transitioning into healthtech he was in the consulting sector. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🚀 Peerr - Health & Life Sciences Professional Network. We are reshaping the future of networking in the health and life sciences industry to enable a more progressive ecosystem thriving from knowledge sharing, connections and collaboration. https://peerr.io/ About Us:We are both the Co-hosts of the Scrubbed In Show and the Co-founders of Peerr, where we help connect the health and life sciences industry. 🎙️ The Scrubbed In Show - Sharing the Stories of Incredible People in Healthcarehttps://apple.co/3sfsubf​​ (Apple) https://spoti.fi/2LoV4X5​​ (Spotify) Socials: 📸   / scrubbedin_​​   🐦   / scrubbedin_   #entrepreneur #skincancer #cancer #healthtech #healthcare