Pym’s Consultancy Blog
The Value of Experience
I don’t usually step outside of my lane, but sometimes things have to be said, which some may call political, but I call pragmatic. In fact, I find politics so frustrating that I refuse to watch the news or read a newspaper because I feel totally disenfranchised and...
The Future of Remote Patient Monitoring
In my experience working on projects involving the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable technologies, I have observed significant advances in the field. These developments are not merely incremental; they represent a rapid evolution in response to an increasing...
Embracing Wearable Technology: transforming Healthcare Delivery for the Ageing UK Population
Introduction: The integration of wearable devices into the healthcare sector offers an opportunity to rethink treatment pathways, shifting significant aspects of patient care from hospitals to home settings or primary and community care facilities. This transition is...
OpenEHR: the Dawn of a New Age or a Battle of old versus new?
With so many diverse software solutions for patient care and data collection in the NHS, we are constantly looking for efficient and integrated data management systems. Part of my role is to research and keep up to date with advancements, so this is an area...
Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare Innovation under the New Leadership – an Open Letter to Wes Streeting
Dear Health Secretary Firstly, welcome Wes Streeting to your new office, a fresh start and new spirit of optimism for the NHS. I can say this after many years as a Conservative voter (lapsed), and many more years of disappointment in the leadership of the...
Engaging Stakeholders
“Stakeholders” - another piece of industry jargon that is frequently thrown in the faces of entrepreneurs. “Who are your stakeholders?” “How will you engage them?” you are asked on training courses and funding rounds. Now, I grew up as a member of a family of...
Investing in the Future: How the UK’s £3.4 Billion Healthcare Technology Fund Promises to Transform the NHS
In a landmark move, the Chancellor's 2024 Spring Budget has earmarked a transformative £3.4 billion investment in NHS technology, aiming to usher in a new era of efficiency and productivity within the UK's healthcare system. This significant financial commitment...
Empowering Dementia Care: A Dialogue with Lori La Bey, Dr. Kellyn Lee, and Pym’s Consultancy
In a recent, interesting discussion with Lori La Bey, a renowned advocate for dementia resources, and Dr. Kellyn Lee, the innovative mind behind The Dementia Care Hub (putting academic research into impactful action), we explored the multifaceted challenges and...
Fair Funding for Rural Areas
January saw the closing date for the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement consultation. This consultation currently shows that rural communities receive 37% less in central government funding than urban communities. This is an outrage! Rural communities...
Spotlight on UK Care Homes
It’s no secret that care homes in the UK face multiple challenges. Here at Pym’s Consultancy, we see this on a regular basis when helping our clients with their CQC registration and inspections. We also saw the ‘sharp end’ of social care when we ran our Peer Networks...
Six Key Elements in bringing your MedTech Innovation to Market
It’s a tough world out there for medtech innovators. Getting your product in front of the right people isn’t easy, so it’s important to get your ducks in a row. But how do you do that? Here, we take a dive into six key elements to success. ✅ Your medtech innovation...
A Decade of Excellence: Pym’s Consultancy’s Journey in Market Access
2024 marks the 10th year of trading at Pym's Consultancy. I look back on the journey we've undertaken. From humble beginnings (one person and a laptop) to becoming a trusted name in market access consultancy with numerous skilled associates, the path has been one of...
A Year in Reflection: Pym’s Consultancy’s 2023 Journey
As the Managing Director of Pym's Consultancy, I find myself pausing at the close of 2023 to reflect on a year that has been both exhilarating and immensely rewarding. It's been a period marked by growth, collaboration, and achievement, not just for our team but for...
Successful Tendering for UK Government Contracts
Introduction: For businesses seeking new opportunities and growth, securing government contracts can be a game-changer. The UK government invests billions of pounds each year in a wide range of projects and services, offering ample opportunities for businesses...
Discover “MedTech For Beginners”: The Essential Podcast for Health Tech Innovators
Introducing "MedTech For Beginners", a free weekly podcast by Pym's Consultancy Limited, aimed at innovators, technology transfer professionals, people interested in joining the MedTech industry, and those looking to move technology from other industries to...
A Reflective Chronicle: Digital Mental Health Advancements with Mindler Sandbox Limited
Our professional landscape is occasionally graced with collaborations that significantly influence the way we perceive and approach our work. My association with Mindler Sandbox Limited, previously known as Get Cerebral Sandbox, is a testament to such meaningful...
Enhancing our Expertise in CQC Regulated Companies
Pym's Consultancy’s commitment to providing unparalleled CQC compliance services in the health and care sector is unwavering. It's with great enthusiasm that we introduce Doriann Bailey as the newest addition to our team. Doriann brings a wealth of experience in...
Spotlight on World Patient Safety Day
World Patient Safety Day was established by the World Health Assembly in 2019 and is now observed every year on 17th September, recognising that patient safety is a global health priority. The aim is to raise awareness about patient safety and encourage a globally...
Reasons for Gratitude
I am going to start this blog with a confession - my guilty pleasure is watching American medical dramas. My particular show of choice at the moment is New Amsterdam. One of the reasons for enjoying these shows is that they reflect the differences...
Is your innovation award-winning?
This week I will be working on four separate HSJ Digital Award applications. All of my clients have innovative products and/or services which improve patients’ lives, so I love to help them shout about what they are doing. If any of these reach the finals, I...
Meet the team – Steve Lane
As the team here at Pym's continues to grow, we chatted to Steve Lane about his background, what makes him tick, what he finds most rewarding about his work, and what he likes to do when he's not behind his desk. Here's what he had to say . . . "I'm in my 26th year in...
Technology Transfer
One of the greatest privileges in my working career is working with spin-out and startup companies. These companies are led by highly motivated people with life-changing ideas, who are looking for the market insight and structure to move their products and...
A gradual return to normal service
It has been a long time since I last wrote a blog for many reasons, mainly because a consultant specialising in healthcare market entry and access for innovations tends to get quite busy during a pandemic (who’d have thought it?). Another reason is that I was so busy,...
Now that the clapping has ended, GPs are battling increasing pressures and the national press.
Today I have been reading Tweets and newspaper articles accusing GPs of hiding behind telephone appointments and failing to meet the needs of their patients, particularly the elderly and frail. It hasn’t taken long for the national press to change from...
A Day in the Life of a Health and Care Commercialisation Consultant
One reason for writing this is that I am often asked what I do for a living, and if my husband doesn’t jump in first to mansplain my work (yes, seriously he does), I will usually tell people that I help companies and innovators get new products to market in UK health...
Post Brexit and Mid-Covid – what is happening within the UK workforce?
I have been working with Business Lincolnshire as a provider of Lincolnshire Peer Networks since 2020 and there has been a noticeable challenge across all industries which we discussed at our last providers’ meeting – the shortage of workers, across all industries....
Peer Networks, what we all learned and why it is worth the time to get involved.
Last year Pym's Consultancy was very privileged to have had the opportunity to run a Peer Network for business leaders in Lincolnshire who worked in the health and care sector. Peer Networks ran as a series of interactive sessions delivered between December 2020...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
I don’t know how many times during this pandemic I have said things like “just imagine how this would be if we didn’t have computers”, or “people would have died in their millions if it wasn’t possible to work from home”. We all consider ourselves fortunate to live in...
World Health Day – Let’s Build a Fairer, Healthier World for Everyone
Wednesday 7th of April is World Health Day. World Health Day was first celebrated in 1950, and each year there is s specific theme. This year the World Health Organisation is focussing on building a fairer, healthier world for everyone. WHO are calling for action...
What is a Market Access Report?
Market Access Reports are something frequently requested by our clients. So what are they, and why are they useful? The problem Let’s take an example of Susan. Susan is a director of a company (Wet Stop) which has developed a new technology which can help identify...