Boris Johnson met with healthtech startups Babylon and Thriva to discuss scaling up coronavirus testing
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Other healthtech startups such as Patchwork, Pando and Nye Health say they have seen a 'massive' surge in demand in recent weeks. The UK government has approached at least two healthtech startups to help in the fight against coronavirus, with many in the sector reporting a surge in demand nationwide.
"Given our speciality is getting tests out to people at scale, we thought there could be a role for us," he said. One senior tech entrepreneur present at that meeting, who spoke to Business Insider on the condition of anonymity, said Cummings appeared to have "a very clear sense of purpose" with regards to the role healthtech could play in the NHS in the future.
Meanwhile three other emerging players in the British healthtech sector – Patchwork, Pando and Nye Health — reported surges in demand and an outpouring of goodwill from commercial partners. Dr Anas Nader, co-founder and CEO of Patchwork, which helps locum doctors pick up shifts at short-staffed hospitals, said new technologies were being rapidly integrated into the NHS in order to deal with the pandemic.
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