S C R U B B I N G U P
At QuestPrehab we ’ ve developed a multidimensional telehealth intervention . Our technology enabled method and platform addresses the challenges normally associated with delivering prehab services to patients .
Our method is scalable and cost efficient . To date we ’ ve worked with over a thousand oncology patients , successfully helping them prepare for their surgery or treatment for a fraction of the cost of the traditional models .
Tara Rampal , Consultant Anaesthetist , and Managing Director and Founder of QuestPrehab
The challenges I ’ ve faced
Despite having a foot in each camp , I ’ ve faced numerous unexpected hurdles in dealing with the NHS and growing my business . I summarise the salient points from my experience below .
something that addressed some of the most common challenges in modern healthcare .
Both the COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented NHS waiting lists proved to be the catalyst . I took the decision of working part time and focussing my free time to develop the framework of a digital Prehab service .
I had already developed a successful faceto-face prehab unit but wanted to design a digital service to make it more efficient and accessible to the public .
1 . Funding
Although the NHS is the country ’ s dominant provider of healthcare , it ’ s a fragmented organisation . The reality is it ’ s not a sector that ’ s high on the radar of investors and venture capitalists – it ’ s a very challenging concept to sell to investors as they are fearful and hesitant about the long sale cycles to multiple entities and return on investment . As a result , start-ups struggle with seed level funding to scale up their ideas .
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