Push Doctor was the UK's first platform to offer video consultations with patients online and via smartphone. It is a GP provider and remote consultation enabler in the UK with a reach of 5.4 million patients. Push Doctor is a NHS-commissioned technology provider compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
It made a loss of nearly £8 million in the year to 31 July 2021.[1]
It was acquired by Square Health, a provider of private digital healthcare for insurance companies and corporates, in December 2021. At that point it had about 100 staff.[2]
History
The service was founded in July 2013 by Eren Ozagir and Matt Elcock.[3][4] The idea came to Ozagir after falling ill on a business trip to Baltimore in the United States.[5]