Issa Dasu Patel is the CEO & co-founder of Innovate UK backed CONNECT Care, on a mission to give people the confidence to make the most of medicines. CONNECT Care is at the forefront of redesigning digital medicines pathways, starting with older people in the community.

During the pandemic, Issa was a digital & data advisor to NHS Digital managing the rollout of a major national COVID programme, Oximetry@home, laying the groundwork for the wider NHS@home remote monitoring programme — delivering better, more personalised and connected care from people’s own homes.