London Startup Unveils The Uk’s First Conversational Ai Wearable, Ushering In A New Era Of Proactive Car

A quiet revolution is unfolding in London. In a small, determined startup, years of relentless effort have given birth to a breakthrough in digital health. The Value Care Group, a company built on four decades of frontline care experience, has spent two years engineering what many believed was impossible. Today, that vision becomes reality.

Mica, the UK’s first conversational AI wearable, and Milie, an intelligent IoT care hub, mark the beginning of a radical shift in care. This is not an incremental improvement. It is a complete transformation. A move away from fragmented, reactive systems toward proactive, AI-powered care that is seamless, scalable, and profoundly human.

For Stephen Nyasamo, founder of The Value Care Group, this is personal.

“When my father  became ill, we were trapped in the same struggle millions of families face. The waiting lists. The isolation. The stretched resources. The fear of what would happen when no one was there to check in. During COVID, the gaps in care were wider than ever. The system isn’t broken because people don’t care. It’s broken because it was never designed to scale. I knew we needed something different. Something that didn’t just wait for problems to happen but actively prevented them. That’s what Mica and Milie do.”

Developed in close collaboration with families, clinicians, and social care teams, Mica and Milie have been tested and refined in real-world settings. The impact has been immediate. Less isolation. More security. Faster intervention. A genuine shift from care hours to care outcomes.

A New Standard in Digital Health: What Mica and Milie Deliver

Milie: The Intelligent Care Hub That Sees the Full Picture

Milie is the infrastructure that connects everything. A single, AI-driven platform that integrates fall detection, temperature monitoring, humidity tracking, motion sensors, fuel data, and more. One care hub instead of ten fragmented apps. A system that replaces outdated, costly cloud dependencies with a fully self-hosted, real-time intelligence network.

For local authorities, Milie unlocks something previously out of reach: the power to predict, prevent, and proactively manage risk at scale.

A sudden drop in room temperature in an older person’s home? Milie flags the risk before it turns into a hospital admission. Rising humidity levels? It identifies damp and mould threats before they become a crisis. A pattern of inactivity? It alerts families or care teams in time to intervene.

This is what smart care should be. Not waiting for alarms to ring. Not drowning in disconnected data. Just clarity, foresight, and action.

Mica: A Conversational AI Like No Other

Mica is not an app. It is not a button on a screen. It is a voice. A real time presence. A 24/7 AI companion that listens, engages, and reassures.

A simple press and Mica responds. Not with scripts or robotic prompts but with real-time conversation. A user struggling with their medication can talk through their concerns. A person feeling anxious late at night has someone to speak to. A stroke survivor trying to regain confidence in daily tasks has a guide that never leaves their side.

Mica provides practical, voice-guided support for medication adherence, fall prevention, mental health check-ins, and independent living. It guides, reasons, and encourages in ways no traditional telecare system ever could.

For families, it is peace of mind. For councils, it is the missing piece in a strained and overburdened care system.

“Care has never been just about physical health,” says Nyasamo. “It’s about reassurance. About feeling connected, even when no one is physically there. Mica is a breakthrough because it gives people something they’ve never had before a care system that actually talks back. That listens. That supports. Thats always available.  It’s a fundamental shift in what digital health can be.”

Merton Council: The First Local Authority to Pioneer Conversational AI in Social Care

Innovation is driven by those willing to step forward. In this new era of care, Merton Council has taken the lead.

As the first UK local authority to pilot Mica and Milie, Merton is setting a new benchmark for digital health transformation.

Merton’s leadership has already sparked interest from other councils eager to move beyond outdated, reactive models toward a care system designed for the future.

A Call to Action: The Future of Care is Here

The Value Care Group is now inviting local authorities and healthcare providers to take part in a limited pilot programme running until April.

For councils seeking to:

Reduce crisis interventions and hospital readmissions

Empower residents with AI-driven independence

Transition from reactive care hours to proactive care outcomes

Cut costs and streamline fragmented systems

Mica and Milie are ready to deploy.

“The system we have isn’t built for the challenges we face,” Nyasamo concludes. “We can keep firefighting, or we can rethink the foundation. This is a model that scales. A system that pays for itself in efficiency, in prevention, in better care. The time for change isn’t in five years. It’s now.”

Contact:

Robert Davies | Operations & Sales Director | The Value Care Group

020 3422 4543 | Robert@thevaluecaregroup.co.uk| https://www.thevaluecaregroup.co.uk/

About The Value Care Group

The Value Care Group is a London-based digital health startup with a mission to redefine care. With 40 years of frontline care experience and a deep understanding of the challenges facing local authorities and families, we have built Mica and Milie to bridge the gap between AI innovation and compassionate, sustainable care.

This is not just technology. It is a new philosophy for care in an aging society.

Join our pilot programme: https://www.thevaluecaregroup.co.uk/

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