Devlog 1:

Welcome to my first devlog of MedSite:

What is MedSite?

MedSite is a website designed to help people who are struggling to understand and navigate the UK healthcare system.
I built MedSite because I know how confusing the NHS can be, especially when you are unfamiliar with how the system works.
I was born in Hong Kong and moved to the UK when I was 14. The healthcare system here was completely different from what I used to.
Then, when I was 17, my health suddenly started declining. That began my own NHS journey–from visiting my GP and local pharmacy to A&E, hospital appointments and everything in between.
Over the past two years, I’ve had to learn how to navigate the system, figure out what questions to ask, understand what support was available and sometimes work out where I was supposed to go next.
That experience is what led me to start building MedSite.

At the moment, MedSite is made up of three main components:

Guide:

Guide is designed to help people understand where they might need to go when they have a particular symptom or health problem. This site has input information on common symptoms and illnesses; it will explain what you can expect from the NHS, what questions you can ask, and when you may need to seek further help.
This is not a diagnostics tools. This is used to make the healthcare system easier to navigate and help people feel more prepared when seeking care.

Support:

Support is a place to support your healthcare journey, what you can get away from the NHS, what you can ask for when you are discharged from the hospital, etc…
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t the treatment itself- it’s knowing what happens afterwards.

Story:

Story is the most personal part of MedSite.
It’s where I want to document what has happened throughout these past two years, what I’ve experienced, what I’ve asked, what I’ve been told and what support I’ve been given.
I want to share my experience because I know other people may be going through something similar and wondering, ‘What am I supposed to do?’

Thanks for reading.