Patrick is a GP and health-screening specialist who’s spent years helping people improve their health by understanding who they are and how they live — not by lecturing them about calories.
Dr Patrick Heath qualified from Barts and Royal London in 2008 and continued on to work as a junior doctor in Southend, Essex and before commencing training as a GP, he worked in the Emergency Department of one of the capitals major trauma centres, The Royal London, dealing with both Adult and Paediatric Emergencies.
After achieving his MRCGP qualification in 2014 he moved to New Zealands North Island for a year. This brought about the opportunity to work in a high needs area with local Maori communities, focusing on sexual health, family medicine and chronic disease management.
He joined Roodlane in November 2015 and is enjoying settling back in to London life and adapting to the challenges that a diverse and dynamic population has to offer. His specialist interests include family medicine, sexual health, paediatrics, Mens health, mental health, Travel medicine and sports medicine.
Pat’s role is simple but essential:
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Keep Nico safe. Ensure our guidance and technology align with good clinical practice. While Nico will only give non-medical advice, it makes sense to bring a clinical supervisor in to set guardrails.
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Respect individuality. Remind us that behind every data point is a person with real-world constraints. His work involves years of consulting people on very individual journeys and we expect Nico’s will. He’s been helping us work out how to understand how to apply the right approach digitally.
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Keep Nico evidence-based. Help us set clear boundaries. Nico isn’t a replacement for medical advice, and CGMs shouldn’t be used without the right context or understanding.
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Avoid straying into medical advice. Nico needs to deliver the lifestyle changes doctors like Patrick have always dreamed of, without crossing a rigid boundary. This also involves creating an effective escalation and referral procedure so we’re always putting each member’s needs first.
We believe technology can help people make better choices, but it has to be human-centred to be sound. Pat’s joined to make sure that never slips.
He was also part of the Fast Food 30 experiment, where I ate only fast food for a month under medical supervision and still improved my metabolic health. He kept me safe then, and he’s keeping our members safe now.
He said it best himself: “You can’t put people in boxes. Everyone’s circumstances are different. Using technology to understand those circumstances — that’s where real change begins.”
That’s the principle behind everything we’re building.