Welcome to MyHSN
The NHS is a wonderful service, but it can be difficult to know which forms, phone calls, and appointments need to be made to get the healthcare you need out of it. New and future NHS workers also find it hard to understand.
MyHSN – Health Service Navigator – aims to tell you exactly how the system works, and get the best out of it, to your advantage. It was launched in November 2022. There are over 850 (and rising) articles and over 90 blogs (and rising). There are three new articles and a at least one new blog per week. There are two main audiences.
MyHSN is primarily for the general public. In this way, its aim is to provide all people in the UK with advice on the processes of the NHS (i.e. how it works) and how to use it better, and information about diseases written for patients.
It is also for a second audience: health professionals in training. This includes: A level students (thinking of working in the NHS) – especially those from a non-medicine/science background; medical and other health professional students (nurses, all AHPs (allied health professionals), physician associates (PAs), advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) etc); and, junior doctors and other qualified junior health professionals.
All website content is written and reviewed by the following health professionals who work in the NHS. All articles are reviewed at least yearly.
Pregnancy and Women, Baby and Child Advisor
Ms Claire Hendry
Enhanced Care Midwife
UHCW Coventry
Cancer Lead
Dr Penny Kechagioglou
Consultant Oncologist
UHCW Coventry
Hospital Advisor
Dr James Korolewicz
Oncology Registrar
Bristol
Surgery Lead
Mr Priyadarshi Kumar
Consultant Urologist
UHCW Coventry
(Priya is sitting in middle of front row)
Mental Health Lead
Dr Bradley Neal
ST in Psychiatry
Hospital Lead
Dr Andrew Stein
Consultant Nephrologist
UHCW Coventry
Medical Writer
Emilia Taylor
Final Year Medical Student
University of Warwick
Graphic designer/ motion graphics designer
Lavi Panin
Regular Top Tip Contributors
Dr Vicki Ayub (Consultant Nephrologist); Bernie Baretto (Pharmacist); Dr Emma Fisher (Consultant Psychiatrist); Dr Harriet Evans (Pathology Registrar, West Midlands); Rachael Lee (AKI Advanced Nurse Practitioner); Dr Amil Mair (A&E trainee, North-East; A&E/paediatrics); Dr Ranga Rao (Consultant Endocrinologist, diabetes).
Top Tip Contributors
Hafsah Ba (University of Warwick), Kirean Dingley (Operations and Performance Manager); Vivienne Ebob (Medical Student); Dr Vindya Gamage (Fellow in Diabetes and Endocrinology); Harmeet Harrar (Physician Associate); Sister Alison Kavanagh (Renal Nurse, Hospital Admission); Rachael Moore; Prof Emma Murphy (Renal Nurse, CKD); Lauren Scott (Medical Student); Lizzy Shirazu (Medical Student); Dr Patrick Tran (ST in Cardiology), Balvinder Vraitch (Hospital Social Worker); Miss Rosemary Wall (T&O).
Other Contributors
Kumari Botlagudur and Liz Katz (Noisegate Media); Sue Bottrill (GP administration); Katie Carter; Dr Andrew Edgar (GP); Anouk Emanuel and Andrew Leggo (Emanuel Leggo Creative Direction and Design); Katie Grace (marketing); Melonie Howard (GP Practice Nurse); Isaac Stein; Poppy Stein; Emilia Taylor (Medical Student); Dr Sophia Than; Dr Abbie Tutt (Tik Tok videos)
Useful Websites, Links and Reviews
Coventry and Warwickshire GP Gateway
Wikipedia page on NHS
Coventry and Warwickshire GP Gateway (for migrants)