[Healthtech CEO] This is the real reason the NHS wastes billions! “They told me not to publish hospital death rates… ".. Clinicians need to STOP doing THIS!
We sit down with Jake Arnold-Forster, Chief Executive and Co-founder of Carradale Futures, a leader in healthcare strategy, public sector transformation, and patient-led innovation.We talk about:◼️ How Jake went from journalism to becoming a healthcare CEO, and why that unlikely path revealed the problems inside the system◼️ The real reason healthcare is drowning in bureaucracy, and how pointless tasks are stealing time from patients◼️ Why clinicians are forced to do work that doesn’t matter, and the framework Jake uses to decide what must stay and what must go◼️ The story behind publishing hospital mortality ratios, being summoned by NHS leaders, and why transparency still scares institutions◼️ Why innovation in healthcare moves unbearably slowly, and how decision-making is broken at every level◼️ The hidden cost of outdated technology inside hospitals, and why most digital tools clinicians use are decades behind◼️ How one NHS hospital discovered they were double-checking fridge temperatures for no reason — and what this reveals about systemic waste◼️ The biggest misconception young entrepreneurs have about healthcare, and why earnestness can kill a startup◼️ How Jake thinks about selling into hyper-conservative systems, and why “going straight to the top” is the only method that works◼️ The emotional reality of being a founder — waking up at 4am with fear, resilience, and learning to live with uncertainty◼️ Why governments struggle to partner with innovators, and how great ideas get absorbed, diluted and destroyed◼️ The £40 billion maternity clinical negligence crisis, and how better processes could prevent avoidable harm◼️ How AI is already transforming healthcare behind the scenes, and why patients are beginning to bypass traditional systems◼️ The countries Jake believes have cracked parts of healthcare (Israel, Denmark, Singapore), and what the UK should steal from them◼️ What a truly safe, transparent, patient-centred healthcare system could look like — and why standardisation might save livesFind Jake here:Carradale Futures: https://www.carradalefutures.comJake: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-arnold-forster-7b5b3438/ Find Dasha & Martini here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dashaangelova/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinisiu/ If you are a clinician looking to build your personal brand, connect with us on LinkedIn at Dasha Angelova and Martini Su. If you are a healthcare business looking for support with your marketing, video or sales assets, email us at [email protected]
