AI-powered post-operative care
Catching surgical infections before they reach hospital
Most surgical site infections develop at home, after discharge — exactly when monitoring stops. WoundWatch lets patients check their wound daily in under three minutes, and uses explainable AI to flag concerning changes to the clinical team early.
The problem
A silent gap in post-operative care
A patient goes home two days after surgery with a leaflet and a clinic review weeks away. If the wound starts to deteriorate in between, no one sees it until symptoms are severe — often an A&E visit, readmission, or reoperation.
Most surgical site infections occur after discharge
This is the point at which surveillance is weakest and the window for simple, early intervention is most often missed. Community studies suggest post-discharge infections account for a substantial, systematically undercounted share of the total SSI burden.
Our solution
One platform connecting patients, AI and clinicians
WoundWatch links a patient-friendly app, explainable AI, and a clinician dashboard — with a clinician always in the loop. No autonomous decisions.
Patient-first experience
A guided daily check-in that takes less time than making a cup of tea.
- Step-by-step guided wound photography from home
- Quick symptom checks on pain and temperature
- Complete in under three minutes a day
Explainable AI intelligence
Analyses images and symptoms, then explains what changed and why it matters clinically.
- Wound image and symptom analysis
- Risk scoring with clear, reviewable reasoning
- Clinician-in-the-loop — every alert is triaged by a person
Clinician workflow
Brings the right patients to the team's attention, with the context to act fast.
- Risk-stratified patient list, prioritised by infection risk
- Photo timeline showing wound progression over time
- Designed to integrate with existing NHS systems
How it works
Intelligent care, simple workflow
From a daily photo at home to a timely intervention, in four steps.
Patient checks in
Uploads wound photos and symptoms from home in under three minutes a day.
AI detection
The AI identifies concerning changes and calculates an infection-risk score.
Clinician review
Alerts are triaged by the care team for clinical oversight and decision-making.
Early intervention
Timely treatment prevents readmission, reoperation and complications.
Try it out
See the patient app for yourself
This is the live WoundWatch app. Tap through the daily wound check just as a patient would — right here in your browser.
Health economics
A cost-effectiveness case, built to NHS standards
An independent cost-utility analysis modelled WoundWatch against standard care for adults undergoing elective large bowel surgery, from the NHS England & PSS perspective and consistent with the NICE reference case.
Confident, but honest about the stage. The model shows that if WoundWatch achieves the assumed reductions in infection incidence and time-to-treatment, it is cost-effective — and likely cost-saving — for the NHS.
Those effectiveness assumptions are drawn from analogous remote-monitoring evidence rather than a WoundWatch-specific trial. We present this as a technology with plausible cost-effectiveness that warrants empirical validation, not one already proven. A randomised controlled trial with an embedded economic evaluation is the planned next step.
Why WoundWatch
Clinically grounded, NHS-ready, and moving
Clinical champions secured
Backed by consultant surgeons at University Hospitals Sussex and University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire.
Health economics complete
A full cost-utility analysis is done, with a dominant base case and RCT validation as the next step.
NHS pilot discussions underway
In active conversation with NHS Trusts about pilot deployment of the platform.
National MedTech Foundation accelerator
Selected for one of the UK's leading MedTech growth programmes.
“The potential to reduce readmissions while improving patient outcomes is exactly what the NHS needs. WoundWatch combines clinical insight with technological innovation.”
Mr Devraj Srinivasamurthy — Consultant Vascular Surgeon, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire
The team
Medical insight meets entrepreneurial execution
Founded by clinicians-in-training who have seen the post-discharge gap firsthand.
- MBBS Medicine (2nd year), Warwick Medical School
- BSc Biomedical Sciences (RHUL); MSc Global Health (SGUL)
- Founder of award-winning MedParent
- Warwick Doctor award for Innovation & Creativity
- COO at a safeguarding CIC
- President of the ENT Society
- MBBS Medicine (4th year), Brighton & Sussex Medical School
- BSc Biomedical Sciences (QMUL); MSc Biomedical Research (King's College)
- Founder of three MedTech startups across SaaS and B2C
- CTO at a safeguarding CIC
- BMA Medical Students Committee representative
Clinical & academic collaborators
Working together to transform post-operative care
Get in touch
Building the future of post-operative care
Better for patients. Better for the NHS. Better for everyone. If you're an NHS Trust, clinician or partner interested in a pilot, we'd love to talk.
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