About YPC Health

Why I started YPC Health

I’m a paramedic and I still work shifts on the ambulance. Paramedics see people in their own homes every day, and I regularly see people taken to hospital for treatment that could have been given at home. For older people especially, being treated at home can mean avoiding a hospital admission altogether, or getting out of hospital sooner.

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I set up YPC Health to build a community medical service that works for everyone. That means older people, but also people with busy lives who are working or bringing up children and find it hard to fit appointments around everything else.

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Care should fit around the patient, not the other way round. Our appointments are often available within a few days, so there’s rarely a long wait. You can see a GP in the clinic, by phone or by video, and a standard GP appointment lasts up to 20 minutes, so there’s time to talk. We take blood tests at home as well as in the clinic. If ear wax gets in the way of a hearing test, we can remove it the same day rather than referring you elsewhere.

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We also see many people who want to be more proactive about their own health, so we offer health checks and a wide range of blood tests. Occupational health has become a big part of what we do, helping employers keep their staff healthy, safe and fit for work.

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We already work alongside our patients’ NHS care. When someone’s GP or hospital has asked for a blood test, we often take the blood in their own home and deliver the sample to the NHS for them. Other people have a test with us, such as spirometry or an ECG, and take the results to their own GP, which can save them a long wait.

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Looking ahead, we’d like to work alongside the NHS itself, providing community medical services on its behalf. The NHS is heading the same way: the government’s 10 Year Health Plan, published in July 2025, sets out a shift of care from hospitals into the community, with care given in a patient’s home if possible, and says the NHS will keep using private sector capacity to treat NHS patients where it’s available.

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Treating people at home where possible, instead of taking them to hospital, puts the patient first. We believe it would also save the NHS a significant amount of money while still providing an excellent standard of care. It would especially help older, housebound and disabled patients, as well as people with busy lives. For now, all our services are paid for privately.

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James Murray, paramedic and founder