Pando Health

Pando Health
FormerlyForward Health
IndustryData and analytics (health)
Founded2017
FounderDr Barney Gilbert, Dr Lydia Yarlott, Philip Mundy
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Websitehellopando.com

Pando Health is a healthcare data platform created by Beacon Medical Systems Ltd and Forward Clinical Ltd and named after the Pando tree.

History

Pando was founded in 2016 by Dr Barney Gilbert, Dr Lydia Yarlott and Philip Mundy with a vision of connecting healthcare for everyone. The company raised more than $10m USD in venture capital financing, including from Stride Capital, Skip Capital and Sofinnova Partners. [1]

The company was founded under the name Forward Health and rebranded as Pando Health in 2020.[2][3]

Pando's core platform empowers healthcare professionals to collaborate and make expert decisions together. Usage during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom increased rapidly,[4] with more than 2 million clinical messages processed per week in 2020.[5][6]

Since 2019, Pando has been the contracted medical messaging partner of the UK Ministry of Defence.[7]

In July 2021 there was a security breach which saw NHS patients’ photos automatically uploaded onto certain Nokia and Motorola devices, resulting in temporary loss of an NHS customer. However, this contract was later reinstated.[8]

In 2024, Pando took on further investment and new leadership, under Jean Nehme and Frank Seo.

More than 100 NHS Trusts adopted the platform, with more than 115,000 clinician users in the UK in 2025.

In late 2025, the company was acquired by US cybersecurity firm Hypori.[9]

Technology

Pando is based on XMPP, with a custom client and business logic. It provides sandboxed messaging between individuals and within groups, including text and images, alongside specific product features such as "Ask Advice", a mechanism to request asynchronous advice from other connected clinicians.

References

  1. ^ "Pando: The tech start-up helping NHS staff to communicate safely". Independent. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ Tucker, Charlotte (29 January 2020). "Forward Health raises €4.5 million and rebrands to Pando Health". EU-Startups. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  3. ^ "UK healthtech startups to watch". Computerworld. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  4. ^ Team, SOL Editorial (8 May 2020). "Startups Surviving Covid-19 #6: Philip Mundy of Pando Health |". Startups of London. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ^ "NHS staff embrace tech solutions to help speed up care". Building Better Healthcare. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Mobile health and apps news in brief". Digital Health. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. ^ "UK MoD Telemedicine - Pando" CGO MoD UK. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Data security fears raised over Pando app". Mobi health news. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Hypori, Inc" Corporate Privacy Statement. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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