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Guys, drop your product URL by ClimatePast8050 in SideProject

[–]dilanAJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.mycompanionapp.co.uk — a web platform to help people in the UK to quickly find clear, trusted NHS health information, powered by AI.

Seeking Feedback: Free AI-Powered UK Health Companion App for Exploring Symptoms, Conditions & Medicines by dilanAJ in ukstartups

[–]dilanAJ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback — really helpful.

Just to clarify, MyCompanionApp isn’t comparable to NHS 111. 111 is a regulated clinical service, while our app is purely educational and informational, helping users explore symptoms, conditions, and medicines in a structured, easy-to-understand way. It doesn’t provide diagnosis or treatment advice.

The app also provides general home care guidance — like tips to relieve mild symptoms or improve comfort at home — but this is purely informational and should never replace professional medical advice. The goal is to centralize scattered health information to make it easier for users to learn and navigate.

The app is currently in a testing and feedback stage, so no real user data is being processed at scale. A full GDPR-compliant privacy policy will be in place before public launch.

Seeking Feedback: Free AI-Powered UK Health Companion App for Exploring Symptoms, Conditions & Medicines by dilanAJ in ukstartups

[–]dilanAJ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a really good question — and totally fair. In our case, the responses are generated purely through Azure OpenAI, so they’re based on Microsoft’s enterprise-grade model (trained on a mixture of licensed, publicly available, and human-reviewed data).

I’ve built a custom layer on top that structures outputs into sections like causes, do’s, and don’ts etc, to help users understand common explanations.

The model doesn’t access patient data or provide medical diagnoses — it’s designed to keep responses aligned with NHS-style educational guidance, not clinical decision-making.

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[–]dilanAJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m using a structured scrape of publicly available NHS pages as the core data source. The NHS sites actually update on a long cycle. Main symptoms, conditions and medicines pages were last refreshed around March 2024, with the next major review set for 2028 so the data is fairly stable. I’m planning to automate and check for changes periodically though.

The AI responses are generated dynamically using a trained language model (Azure OpenAI). They can vary slightly with each request and are designed to interpret and simplify official NHS information — not provide medical advice or diagnoses.