About nhsUnlocked

nhsUnlocked is the brain-child of two NHS hospital doctors - Chris McCullough and Matt Jameson Evans, the founders of the not-for-profit doctors pressure group, www.remedyuk.org.

We decided that in order to make sense of the NHS choice agenda, people needed access to up-to-date impartial information on the services provided by the NHS.  How can someone decide where to be treated if there is actually no way for them to compare hospitals or departments?  It is like being told that you can go on holiday anywhere that you want but then being given no information about any of the destinations.

We realised the best source of information on hospitals and treatments are the doctors and patients themselves and so we created nhsUnlocked to provide a safe, secure place on the internet where people can share their knowledge.

There are discussion groups where you can talk to other people with the same health concerns and interests and there are hospital ratings (by doctors and patients) so that you can see how your local hospital compares to others around the country.  The technology that allows us to do this is used by millions of people in this country every day to share photos, to check out holidays, and to talk to friends. nhsUnlocked is simply trying to put this technology to one of the best uses of all:  helping to improve the nation’s health.