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The NHS is ripe for technological transformation

Flute Medical’s aims are aligned with the NHS’ long term plan; enabling technological transformation.

In 2023 we aim to develop our data strategy by creating data science capability, linking together data from system partners to drive great decision making across the NHS

NHS Supply Chain Business Plan

Technology will play a central role in realising the Long Term plan, helping clinicians to use the full range of their skills, reducing bureaucracy and enabling service transformation

NHS Long Term Plan

Why now

Waits are at an all-time high

Pressure on radiology departments are at an all-time high. The NHS is still recovering from the COVID backlog, and there is a nation-wide drive to increase cancer screenings. This is combined with a deficit of over 2000 radiology consultants across the UK.

Why now

...And they’re set to get worse

In November 2022 it was announced GPs will gain direct access to imaging for critical scans. This is intended to improve patient outcomes but will flood radiology with more requests, increase the burden on the already overwhelmed system.

Our Plan

The Road to Serenity

The idea for Flute Medical was hatched in late 2022, by five Design Engineering students from Imperial College London, who envisioned a better future for public healthcare. We are only at the start of our journey and have a long way to go, but we have great support from our advisors, and a well defined plan to reach our goals.

Why us

The Team

We are a team of Design Engineers from the Dyson School at Imperial College London. We have combined experience in software development, entrepreneurship and optimization. We have also partnered with a board of clinical advisers from radiology departments across the country.

Traction

Letter of Intent

We have received a letter of intent from the Dr. Andrew Hatrick, the Chief of Radiology at Frimley Health Foundation Trust, expressing the trust's interest in piloting Serenity, and entering commercial engagement if the predicted savings are acheived.

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Customers

Sales Strategy

We will sell using a ‘bottom-up’ approach, deploying Serenity one trust at a time, beginning with the locations where we are conducting our research.

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Selling Savings

Serenity will be charged for on a subscription-for-features basis, where trusts will pay an annual access fee for the features they would like to use. The subscription fee is scaled based on predicted annual savings for each trust.

	United Kingdom	Imperial Healthcare NHS	Royal Surrey NHS
Scan Requests	50m	1.0m	150k
Vetting Savings	£62.5m	£1.25m	190k
MRI Scans	3.72m	70k	10k
MRI Savings	£76.1m	£1.52m	230k
Total Savings	£138m	£2.77m	420k