Worldwide 24/7 GP Service For UK Nationals

Go-Healthcare is a UK-based GP service with a difference. Its ethos is to deliver excellence in healthcare in an easily accessible manner at a time that is convenient for the patient.

It works on a membership basis and offers telephone consultations (or via Skype or online chat) and medication in the most ethical and evidence-based manner, to provide 24 hours a day, seven day a week, healthcare support to UK nationals. It works along the same treatment guidelines as the NHS and to the highest standard of care.

Doctor Raymond Francis, Medical Director and MD of Go-Healthcare, is at the heart of this concept, having spent many years consulting with patients both in day time primary care and in the NHS out of hours system.

‘Many visits to a surgery relate to minor illnesses such as a sore throat, an infection or pain’ he says, ‘in the majority of cases, people could save time and money by receiving the same service over the telephone. A simple phone call is all it takes to get both the diagnosis and if necessary medication, with the reassurance that it is exactly what they are used to in the UK’.

‘The clinical rationale for Go-Healthcare is that patients often either don’t bother booking an appointment, at the risk of their condition getting worse, or end up taking extreme measures such as visiting a random walk in centre or their local Accident and Emergency department. Neither option is ideal but understandable from the patient’s perspective’ he adds.

The differential element of Go-Healthcare is the Go-Pax™ Medication Box. Go-Pax™ contains both over the counter medicine such as paracetamol and other pain killers (available from any pharmacy) and a selection of prescription-only medication such as antibiotics or antifungal creams, individually prescribed for each member and which will effectively treat many of the most common minor conditions and pain. Prescription medicines in the box are clearly labelled and can only be taken if expressly indicated to do so by a Go-Healthcare GP.

Go-Healthcare and Go-Pax™ work in tandem to provide this seamless access to both a GP and medication. When a prescription medication is used, it is replaced with a top up, free of charge each time. Go-Pax™ is therefore, always fully stocked and ready to use.

Stringent parameters and checks are in place to ensure patient safety and confidentiality; no medications in the Go-Pax™ Medication Box would be dangerous if taken by accident. Go-Healthcare GPs take a precautionary approach to prescribing and rigorously check for allergies, sensitivities and contraindications. They do not prescribe anything for which a face-to-face consultation is required or utilise medicines in a manner that could be addictive or misused, nor to treat chronic illnesses such as heart disease or diabetes.

In summary, Go-Healthcare provides members with the following benefits:
• Round the clock consultations from anywhere in the world
• No need to book an appointment
• No limit as to the number of consultations
• No need to go to the local surgery
• No language or cultural barriers
• No need to go to the pharmacy
• No need to pay for the medication
• No unfamiliar medication
• No out-of-hours issues
• Top-up of prescription medicines free of charge
• No costs incurred for postage of the Medication
• No hidden fees the monthly membership includes everything


Go-Healthcare is not a substitute for a GP. It provides convenient access to a doctor and medication to deal with minor illnesses and is designed by UK doctors for UK patients worldwide.

Membership is available on an individual, couple, family or group basis and is subject to a one-off joining fee followed by monthly subscriptions. This covers the initial registration consultation with a GP, the Go-Pax™ Medication Box (worth over £140) and the first month of membership. Discounted joining fees are available for families and larger groups. An adult membership costs £0.49 a day, whilst membership for children under the age of 12 is just £0.26 a day.

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Go-Healthcare is a service that provides members with the ability to:

- Speak to an experienced, UK based GP 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, from anywhere in the world.
- Consult with a GP who has English as their main language - something important when they or a family member are ill abroad for instance.
- Have immediate access to commonly used UK medicines to treat minor illness, infection or pain.

Go-Healthcare.co.uk is owned and operated by Go-Healthcare Limited and registered in Scotland SC309670 at Caledonian Exchange 19A, Canning Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 8HE under no Z2214382 for processing Personal Data in accordance with the provisions of the United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1998.

Medical advice is given by GPs licensed to practice medicine by the UK General Medical Council. Prescription Only medicine is dispensed in accordance with the best practice of and by pharmacists regulated by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and is supplied only from a registered pharmacy and in accordance with a prescription issued by a doctor.

Fabienne Reynolds
Marketing Director
Go-Healthcare
E-mail: fabienne@go-healthcare.co.uk
Tel: +44 7801477184

Caledonian Exchange 19A,
Canning Street,
Edinburgh,
Midlothian, EH3 8HE
Scotland

This release was published on openPR.