Founder & health-literacy advocate

Omer Suliman

Biomedical & Healthcare Engineering student · Founder of Medipher

Why I built Medipher

Medical documents are written for clinicians — not the patients receiving them. Blood test reports, GP letters and discharge summaries are full of abbreviations, reference ranges and clinical shorthand that can feel intimidating even when the news is good.

I built Medipher because I kept seeing family and friends leave appointments unsure of what their results actually meant — and reaching for the internet, where anxiety-driven answers wait. Medipher's job is simple: translate one medical document at a time into calm, plain English, highlight what needs following up, and suggest the right questions to bring back to a clinician.

My mission

Health literacy is one of the most under-addressed problems in modern healthcare. People with clearer information ask better questions, follow medication instructions more accurately and feel more in control of their care.

My goal with Medipher is to make trustworthy plain-English medical explanations freely available to everyone — without replacing GPs, nurses or pharmacists, and without ever pretending to diagnose.

Latest guides

Blood Tests

Understanding Blood Test Results

Learn what common blood test values such as RBC, Hb, WBC, MCV, platelets and other common blood tests actually mean.

8 min read Updated 18 September 2026
Blood Tests

Understanding Liver Function Tests

What ALT, AST, ALP, bilirubin and albumin measure, how they are read together and what may happen next.

8 min read Updated 12 August 2026
Blood Tests

Understanding Kidney Function Tests

A plain-English guide to eGFR, creatinine, urea and electrolytes — and what an unexpected result may lead to.

8 min read Updated 12 August 2026
Blood Tests

Understanding HbA1c & Blood Sugar

What HbA1c measures, how it differs from a single glucose reading and what can make it less reliable.

7 min read Updated 12 August 2026
Blood Tests

Understanding Thyroid Function Tests

What TSH, free T4 and free T3 measure, why they are read together and what usually happens next.

7 min read Updated 18 September 2026
Blood Tests

Understanding Cholesterol & Lipid Profile

Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides and ratios explained — and how they fit into overall risk.

8 min read Updated 12 August 2026
Blood Tests

CRP Blood Test: What Your Result Means

What a CRP blood test measures, why it is requested, and how high or low C-reactive protein results are usually interpreted.

7 min read Updated 27 August 2026
Blood Tests

Understanding Full Blood Count (FBC) Results

What a full blood count measures — haemoglobin, white cells, platelets and MCV — and what unusual results may lead to.

8 min read Updated 11 September 2026
Blood Tests

How Long Do Blood Test Results Take?

Why waiting times differ between tests and services, what happens between the laboratory and your clinician, and what to do if your results have not arrived.

7 min read Updated 15 September 2026
Blood Tests

How to Find Blood Test Results in the NHS App

How to find and check NHS App blood test results, why some results do not appear, and what labels such as ‘Normal – No action’ mean.

8 min read Updated 13 October 2026
Blood Tests

How to Read Blood Test Results

Learn how to read blood test results: test names, values, units, reference ranges, flags, comments and report status, with a fictional example in plain English.

8 min read Updated 17 October 2026

Try Medipher for yourself

Paste any medical letter, blood test or hospital document and get a structured plain-English explanation, key medical terms and questions to bring to your clinician.