About Pulse Atlas Health
An independent UK health information library: plain-English, sourced guides to conditions, tests, treatments and procedures.
Our mission
Health information you can follow, and check.
Pulse Atlas Health exists because clear, trustworthy health information is hard to find, and harder to check. Pages often do not say where their claims come from, when they were last reviewed, or whether they apply in the UK. We built a library that does.
The guides cover conditions, symptoms, tests, treatments, procedures and medicines. Each is written in plain English, structured the way a clinician would explain it, and built from NICE, the royal colleges, specialist societies, the NHS and patient charities. Sources are shown on the page, along with who reviewed it and when.
The guides explain what is happening, what the usual tests and treatments involve, what NHS and private pathways look like in the UK, what recovery can involve, and what to ask your GP or specialist. They are for understanding and preparing for a conversation with a clinician. We do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or a booking or referral service, and we do not recommend individual clinics or consultants.
The aim is simple: that you arrive at an appointment knowing what the words mean, and what to ask.
Editorial standards
How our guides are written and checked.
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Written from UK sources
Every condition, test and wellness page is written by the Pulse Atlas editorial team from the UK sources listed on that page, such as NICE guidance, NHS information and the Royal Colleges.
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Review cadence
Guides are re-reviewed on a rolling 12-month cycle, and sooner when a NICE update, licensing change or major trial shifts the picture.
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Red-flag flagging
Where symptoms warrant urgent assessment, guides say so plainly, with the correct NHS route (111, A&E, or same-day GP) rather than a private route.
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No clinic recommendations
Guides never recommend a specific clinic or consultant. Their job is to explain, not to point you to a provider.
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Corrections policy
If we get something wrong, we fix it, timestamp the change, and - where the change is material - flag it at the top of the page.
The team
Editorial team and standards.
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Our editorial process
Every guide is written from the UK sources listed on the page and carries a last-checked date.
How review works -
Editorial team
The Pulse Atlas editorial team writes and maintains every page in the library - briefed from primary sources and checked against them before publication.
About our authors
Pulse Atlas Health is an independent editorial publication, published from 123 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SH, United Kingdom. The site was designed and built by Pulse Digital Health. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or a booking or referral service.