Private company
E-med
UK online medical site
e-med (e-Med Private Medical Services) is a company that formerly operated an online medical site based in the UK. It is notable for being the first web portal to offer consultation, diagnosis, referral and prescription services to remote patients via email and Skype video conferencing, and for a General Medical Council case in 2007. In the UK, e-med (e-med Private Medical Services Ltd) was the first online health site to offer both diagnosis and prescriptions over the internet to patients.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitewww.e-med.org.uk
- Legal formprivate company limited by shares1
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e-med (e-Med Private Medical Services) is a company that formerly operated an online medical site based in the UK. It is notable for being the first web portal to offer consultation, diagnosis, referral and prescription services to remote patients via email and Skype video conferencing, and for a General Medical Council case in 2007.2
Controversies and legal
Controversy
In 2007, complaints were registered with the General Medical Council (GMC), the body overseeing British doctors, alleging "misprescription of dangerous drugs" by Dr. Julian Eden. Two of the complaints were made by national newspaper reporters listing false details with e-med and another by Ian van Every, a company director of Dr. Thom.com, a medical website run by his brother, Thomas van Every. As a result, Eden was removed from the medical register in 2009.
From Wikipedia’s article on E-med, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 2000Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.e-med.org.uk1
- WikipediaE-med
- WikidataQ5321520
Sources
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- 1WikidataE-med on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaE-med on Wikipedia
- 3WikipediaE-med on Wikipedia (revision used)