Hesta is creating a new benchmark in women’s health, delivering exceptional care at every life stage. As we advance towards this goal, we are committed to closing the women’s health gap, beginning with pregnancy and postpartum as our initial focus.

75 million years of women’s lives are lost every year due to poor health or early death. This gap limits potential, drives inequality, and reflects a healthcare system that wasn’t built for women. We are changing that.

The Opportunity

Hesta is building a new model of women’s healthcare, and our first mission is to reimagine care for mothers through compassionate care, clinical excellence, and technology. 

Today, postnatal care is fragmented, reactive, and often fails to identify ongoing health needs. We are developing a clinically-validated, digital-first assessment and triage system designed to identify physical, mental, and longer-term health risks earlier, and route women and birthing parents into appropriate care.

We are looking for a Health Economics Intern to support in the delivery of an Innovate UK–funded feasibility study evaluating whether Hesta’s solution represents a cost-effective alternative to current postnatal care pathways. 

This is a hands-on role working directly with founders, clinicians, and technical team members. You will contribute to a real-world cost–benefit analysis that will directly inform NHS adoption decisions and future commercial strategy.

What You’ll Do

You will support the economic evaluation work package of the project, including:

• Build and refine a cost–benefit model comparing current NHS postnatal care pathways with Hesta-enabled pathways

• Map and quantify resource use across pathways (e.g. GP time, referrals, diagnostics, follow-up care)

• Support estimation of cost offsets from earlier detection and improved triage

• Work with clinical and product teams to translate pathway changes into economic assumptions

• Contribute to modelling quality of life impacts (e.g. QALYs) using published literature and study data

• Assist in developing scenario and sensitivity analyses (e.g. adoption rates, pathway variations)

• Support preparation of a clear, structured economic report suitable for commercial and commissioner audiences

• Contribute to materials that support value-for-money and commissioning discussions

You will be working across disciplines, translating between clinical pathways, data outputs, and economic models.

What You’ll Bring 

You have:

• Current study in, recent graduate of, or background in Health Economics, Economics, Public Health, or a related field

• Strong understanding of health economic evaluation methods (e.g. cost-effectiveness, cost–benefit analysis)

• Experience working with data in Excel, R, or Python

• Ability to structure problems and build clear, logical models from incomplete information

• Comfort working with assumptions and uncertainty, and testing sensitivity

• Ability to communicate findings clearly to non-economists (clinicians, product teams, funders)

• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently in a small team

Nice to have:

• Exposure to NHS systems, commissioning, or health policy

• Familiarity with QALY modelling, EQ-5D, or NICE frameworks

• Experience working with real-world healthcare data

• Interest in women’s health or maternal health
  

The Practicalities

• Contract: Fixed-term internship, part-time (hours flexible, min 1 day per week)

• Duration: 3-6 months

• Location: London

• Start: May 2026

Company Benefits

• A front-row seat in an early-stage, mission-driven company to help build the backbone of a healthcare service designed specifically for women.

• Join a small, mission-driven team where your contributions have immediate impact.

• Direct exposure to building a real health economic case for health system adoption

• Close mentorship from founders with experience across NHS, Babylon Health, and scaling health tech businesses

• Opportunity to work on a live, funded project with real impact

• Flexible, hybrid, working; our team work is based on the job that needs to be done, not office facetime

• Office facilities: Spacious working space, with other innovators in Victoria, bike storage, changing facilities and a healthy supply of tea/coffee