Calmsie

We’re in the UK 🇬🇧 as part of the Startups Are Us program - wrapping up the fourth and final mission of this journey.

Over the past year, the program has taken us to the United Arab Emirates, the US, and Singapore. Each market offered a different perspective on how edtech and digital health solutions are built, evaluated, and adopted. The UK marks the closing chapter - and a particularly important one.

Our main focus this week is BETT UK, where education, technology, and mental health intersect at scale. Beyond BETT, we’ll also be meeting with researchers from the University of Cambridge, as well as investors and ecosystem partners, to continue conversations around evidence-based mental health solutions and real-world adoption.

Each stop in this program has reinforced the same lesson: meaningful impact in mental health doesn’t come from ideas alone, but from understanding local systems, workflows, and needs, and building solutions that can truly fit into them.

This project is co-financed by the European Union under Action 2.29 “Start-Ups Are Us”, within Priority II: An environment fostering innovation, as part of the European Funds for a Modern Economy programme, Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości

If we want technology to truly improve healthcare, it needs more than good engineering - it needs trust, context, and policy shaped by those who understand all three.

On May 27th, 2025, Calmsie’s CEO, Marcin Waryszak, participated in the 7th Telemedicine Roundtable, held under the leadership of Minister of Health Izabela Leszczyna

This roundtable focused on:
🔹 Digital transformation of healthcare as a priority of Poland’s EU Council Presidency
🔹 The Platform of Intelligent Services as a milestone in AI adoption
🔹 Digital transformation of care for women and children
🔹 Changes to the Medical Code of Ethics in the context of artificial intelligence and telemedicine

Calmsie and Marcin Waryszak have been part of this expert group for over 1.5 years, continuously contributing insights from digital mental health and working to ensure that the needs of children, adolescents, and clinicians are reflected in national digital health strategy.

The discussion once again proved that policy made in isolation from practice leads to digital tools that don't work at the bedside. But when public institutions consistently engage with innovators and clinicians, real progress becomes possible. What continues to stand out is the value of long-term expert engagement - not just in technology development, but in the policymaking process itself. Practical insight from the field is indispensable when designing solutions that truly respond to the needs of both patients and providers.

Thank you to the Ministry of Health and all the participants for fostering this essential dialogue. Calmsie remains committed to helping shape a digital health system that’s inclusive, safe, and clinically meaningful.

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Ministerstwo Zdrowia