Get Well Soon, a healthcare startup committed to helping patients access medical specialists and self-pay healthcare quickly and easily, has secured £400,000 of additional investment from the West Midlands Equity Co-Investment Fund.
Led by Midven – part of Future Planet Capital – the investment round saw additional support from new and existing investors, including the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
The FPC-managed West Midlands Co-Investment Fund, which was set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority and the West Midlands Pension Fund last year, is investing £201,000 into the Birmingham business.
The funding will provide Get Well Soon with the resources to further expand its innovative platform linking self-pay patients with private hospitals, clinics and surgeons to help tackle the growing demand for self-pay surgery in the UK.
Offering a market-disrupting remedy to address the long waiting lists and inefficiencies in the healthcare industry, Get Well Soon is a quicker, more efficient and clearly priced and impartial booking platform for patients who are no longer willing to wait for elective surgery.
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Part of the Medmin Group, a medical business based in the West Midlands that supports surgeons in running their practices and helping patients to find the treatment they need, Get Well Soon claims to be the only private healthcare independent booking platform of its kind in the UK.
Get Well Soon now plans to expand its range of procedures and roster of clinicians. With 50 surgeons already onboard – offering treatments including orthopaedics, urology, general surgery and diagnostic procedures – Get Well Soon currently attracts over 3,000 visitors a month.
“We’re thrilled to have successfully closed our funding round and want to extend our thanks to Midven for believing in Get Well Soon’s vision,” said Simon Radley, CEO and co-founder of Get Well Soon.
“With this investment, we’ll be able to continue enhancing the healthcare industry, providing an accessible, transparent and completely patient-centric platform that empowers patients with the most vital thing: choice.
“Since going live earlier this year, Get Well Soon has had a huge impact for people in the Midlands who’ve had their lives clipped by injury and discomfort: removing the hoops that patients are expected to jump through when trying to book self-pay diagnostics and elective surgery. Now, as we grow, we’ll be able to give even more patients access to the information they need to make the best choice for them.”
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