Dr James Somauroo - HS Live

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James currently directs the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator Programme – choosing the best digital health businesses and driving them into the NHS. He is also one of the founding partners of HS – an innovation ecosystem that builds, scales and invests in health startups. He is an anaesthetist by background with 5 years of clinical experience. After completing Core Anaesthetics Training, James worked at Health Education England as part of the National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme, a prestigious scheme by Bruce Keogh, focussing on leadership. He has also worked as an honorary Innovation Fellow for Professor Tony Young, National Clinical Director for Innovation at NHS England.

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