Welcome to the GIANT Thinking podcast. A show that is passionately committed to bringing you conversations with the leading experts who are improving the health and wellbeing of people around the world by supporting innovation and accelerating the adoption of new healthcare technology.

In this episode GIANT Health (Global Innovation And New Technology) CEO Barry Shrier welcomes Dr Ben Maruthappu. Ben is a London-based doctor, Co-founder of multi-award winning technology company Cera. Advised the CEO of NHS England on £100 billion of health spending, for 3 years. First from British healthcare included in Forbes' 30under30; listed in WIRED's 10 Innovators revolutionizing Healthcare; Disruptive Leader of the Year. Received an MBE in the Queen's 2020 New Year Honours list for services to Health & Care technology.

Subjects covered in this episode:

• The importance of Ben’s background as a clinician to see real-world healthcare issues

• How Ben always wanted to combine business and healthcare

• What is happening in the European entrepreneurial scene

• How Cera was a startup that was created from a very immediate personal need

• How the brand is now delivering 12,000 care visits per day in just 4 years

• The challenges of fast growth for a startup

• The changes you need to make when going from startup to scale up

• The impact that Ben’s Mother’s mindset still has on he views perseverance

As always, this is an important conversation on essential subjects with leading experts, this is GIANT thinking.

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