Dr Anas Nader is the CEO and co-founder of Patchwork Health, a digital platform that lets NHS teams recruit, manage and dispatch both temporary and permanent healthcare workers.
Founded by Nader and Dr Jing Ouyang in 2016, Patchwork Health is aiming to tackle the workforce crisis affecting the NHS.
The London-headquartered startup has raised £27.7m in funding, with £20m of that coming in a Series B round last month.
Patchwork Health’s platform is now used on over 70 NHS sites by thousands of clinicians.
In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, the Patchwork Health chief reveals the best and worst parts of his job, explains how good investors “offer so much more than capital”, and why flexibility is key to reducing burnout....