Doccla, a London-based virtual care provider, has appointed former Google DeepMind and NHS England leader Michael Macdonnell as deputy CEO to scale its AI-powered proactive care platform.

Doccla is already deploying its proprietary AI in live NHS settings to identify patients at risk of deterioration, monitor clinical-grade wearable data such as oxygen saturation, blood pressure and ECG readings, and enable earlier intervention by clinical teams.

Machine learning models predict hospitalisation risk, generative AI tools support patient outreach and engagement and productivity tools help clinicians manage larger caseloads efficiently.

Macdonnell will be leading the next phase: scaling an ‘AI-native’ proactive care model safely across tens of thousands of patients in the NHS and European health systems.