About Us
Who owns and runs Patient UK?
Patient UK was first launched in 1997 by PiP (Patient Information Publications). It started as a directory of UK websites which provided information of health, disease and related issues.
In December 2002, Patient UK was re-launched as a joint venture between PiP and EMIS (Egton Medical Information Systems). For the re-launch Patient UK has been extensively revised and considerably more content has been added. Our aim is to be a reliable and comprehensive source of health and disease information, mainly aimed at the UK general public, but of interest to all.
PiP is a partnership between Dr Tim Kenny and Dr Beverley Kenny. They have been GPs in Tyne and Wear, England, for over 10 years and have a particular interest in writing and providing evidence based patient information. They are editors and lead authors for the content on Patient UK.
EMIS develops, supplies and supports General Practice computing systems. The company was started by family doctors and has been growing steadily for the last 20 years. It is currently the market leader, having systems installed in over 50% of practices in the UK.
EMIS has a special interest and experience in making electronic systems that allow doctors and patients to quickly find appropriate medical information. The information leaflets on this website are included in the EMIS clinical system and doctors and nurses print off these leaflets during consultations to give to patients and carers.
The aim of this website is to provide non-medical people in the UK with good quality information about health and disease. The authors do this by writing evidence based information leaflets on a wide range of medical and health topics. They also review health and illness related websites and link to many of these from the web directory included on this website. UK sites are the primary links in the web directory as they feel that residents in the UK prefer to obtain health information from UK sources. They also suggest some links to selected overseas sites.
Health professionals and people from outside the UK may also find Patient UK a useful resource. The PatientPlus section is likely to be of particular interest to health professionals.
Advertising and Funding
Independent editorial control of Patient UK and site construction are wholly funded by EMIS. Patient UK makes no user charge and receives no funding from external sources, for example drug companies.
Advertising banners and skyscrapers on the site provide income revenue by means of page display or 'click thru'. Adverts are provided by external sources and are not endorsed by Patient UK. All revenue from this source is passed to EMIS.
Credits
Main Authors
Dr Tim Kenny (also joint News Editor), BMedSci (Hons), MB, BS, MRCGP, DCH
Dr Beverley Kenny (Medical Diagrams), MB BS MRCGP
Web Implementation
Dr Gordon Brooks, MB ChB, PhD (Medical Informatics), Experienced clincial decision support system designer
Site Director and joint News Editor
Professional Content
Dr Huw Thomas, MB BCh, DRCOG, MRCGP, Established GP trainer
Editor for PatientPlus Authoring and Reviewing Team:
- Dr Chloe Borton, BA(Oxon), MBBS, MRCGP
- Dr Richard Draper, MB, ChB, DCH, DRCOG, MRCGP, DA/FFA(Pt 1)
- Dr Naomi Hartree, BMedSci, MB, BS, MRCGP, DGM
- Dr Laurence Knott, BSc, MB, BS
- Dr Michelle Preston, MBChB, MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG
- Dr Gurvinder Rull, MB, BS, MRCP(Lond)
- Dr Olivia Scott, BSc, MB, BCh, MRCOphth(1)
- Dr Colin Tidy, MBBS, MRCP, MRCGP, DCH
- Dr Hayley Willacy, MB, ChB, DRCOG, DFFP, MRCOG
- Dr Adrian M Bonsall, BA (Hons), MBBS (London) (Hons), MRCPCh(I), FACEM (Primary)
- Dr John P Cox, MB, BChir (Cantab), DCH, DRCOG, FP Cert, MRCP(UK), MRCGP
- Dr Helen Huins, MBBS Lond, DCH, DRCOG, MRCGP, JCPTGP, DFFP
- Dr Cathy Jackson, BSc (HONS) MB ChB MRCGP
- Dr Paul J Scott, MRCGP
- Dr Hannah Gronow, MB ChB
Professional Content
Pharmacy Informatics Team at EMIS:
- Helen Allen, BPharm, MRPharmS, Clin Dip
- Emily Court, MPharm, MRPharmS
- Alex Haddy, BPharm, MRPharmS, Clin Dip
- Monica Kapoor, BPharm, MRPharmS
- Helen Mullins, BPharm, MRPharmS
Creative Content
Authors from www.morewriting.co.uk
Electronic Publishing
Hilary Cole - Content Management
Alan Osborne - Testing
Lin Anderson - Lead Moderator Patient UK Experience Forums
Web Developers
Sue Grealish
Neal Ralphs
Company Registration details
Egton Medical Information Systems Limited. Registered in England. No 2117205.
Registered office: Fulford Grange, Micklefield Lane, Rawdon, Leeds LS19 6BA.
Last revised 29/05/2008
Disclaimer: Patient UK has no control of the content of the above links. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by Patient UK.