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Augmented Healthcare

Category: AI in Healthcare

An AI-powered healthcare platform providing real-time clinical decision support during GP consultations and scalable medical communication training through simulated environments. Augmented Healthcare was founded in 2025. The company is led by Dr Jonti Hudson. Based in Bury, United Kingdom. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: Undisclosed. Latest round: Grant. Key investors include GM Business Growth Hub.

Founded
2025
Headquarters
Bury, United Kingdom
Team size
1-10
Total funding
Undisclosed

Value proposition

Improves patient safety by identifying early 'red flag' symptoms of serious illnesses in real-time while reducing the administrative and cost burden of medical communication training.

Products and solutions

Praxis: An AI-driven medical communication training platform that simulates patient interactions without the need for human actors., Consultation Dashboard (CoDa): A clinical AI tool that passively listens to live GP-patient conversations to identify 'red flags' signaling serious illness, raising them instantly for clinical consideration.

Unique value

Led by a 'Clinical Engineer' founder who is both a practicing NHS GP and a full-stack developer, ensuring the technology is built with deep empathy for frontline clinical friction and strict adherence to NHS clinical risk standards (DCB0129).

Target customer

NHS General Practitioners (GPs), Primary Care Networks (PCNs), medical schools, and healthcare training institutions.

Industries served

Healthcare / HealthTech, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Education (EdTech), Primary Care

Technology advantage

Utilizes real-time Natural Language Processing (NLP) to provide active clinical decision support during live consultations, cross-referencing patient symptoms against clinical guidelines to prevent diagnostic oversight.

How they differentiate

Led by a 'Clinical Engineer' (practicing NHS GP and developer), ensuring deep alignment with NHS clinical risk standards (DCB0129) and frontline primary care workflows that generic AI tools often overlook.

Main competitors

SimConverse, Nabla, Corti, Oxford Medical Simulation

Key partnerships

GM Business Growth Hub (Innovation Service & Grant Support), NHS Greater Manchester (Regional pilot environment), Hippo Labs (Strategic legacy connection via founder)

Notable customers

NHS Greater Manchester (Pilot), GM Business Growth Hub, Medical schools and training programmes across the UK

Major milestones

Official incorporation of Augmented Healthcare Ltd on 24 March 2025, Development and beta launch of 'Praxis', an AI-driven medical communication training platform (Jan 2026), Secured £19,100 innovation grant from GM Business Growth Hub for AI engine development, Presented at Greater Manchester–Germany Innovation Summit (Sep 2025), Selected for mayoral life sciences trade mission to Ireland (Nov 2025), Launch of Consultation Dashboard (CoDa) for real-time clinical red flag detection (Mar 2026)

Growth metrics

Forecasting 1,000% increase in turnover within three years; Praxis in beta with medical school adoption; CoDa preparing for commercial deployment.

Market positioning

Early-stage specialist providing high-fidelity AI simulation for medical education and real-time safety auditing for live consultations.

Geographic focus

United Kingdom (specifically NHS Greater Manchester and regional Primary Care Networks)

Patents and IP

No registered patents disclosed as of March 2025; proprietary algorithms focus on real-time clinical safety signals.

About Dr Jonti Hudson

Dr Jonti Hudson is a unique 'Clinical Engineer'—a practising NHS GP and a full-stack software developer with over 5 years of experience. He previously founded Hippo Labs, where he developed the Hippo Recaller platform to automate proactive care workflows for NHS practices. He is an expert in NHS clinical risk management standards (DCB0129).

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