Before surgery
Polaris presents the operation, preparation and approved risks as a paced pathway.
For private consultant surgeons
One procedure. One joined preparation and recovery pathway.
We prepare the first draft of your pre-operative and recovery pathway from your approved material, from research into the guidelines you select or approve, or from both. You review, amend where needed, approve and sign before publication.
Free for 90 days · no card · one full pathway · no patient account
Your first pathway
Before surgery and through recovery.
A full pathway keeps preparation and recovery together for the same procedure. Single-product pathways remain available, but they are not the standard starting point.
- 1
Choose the sources
Use your approved material, preferred guidelines, or both.
- 2
Prepare
We prepare standard and easy-read drafts for both stages.
- 3
Review
You resolve source gaps and approve the clinical wording.
- 4
Publish
Registered-clinician sign-off gates publication before links are shared.
After surgery
The Compass organises the approved recovery information by day and stage.
Clinical control
The Helm keeps sources, versions, review and registered-clinician sign-off visible.
Your clinical authority
We prepare the work. You decide what carries your name.
- ✓ You select the preparation route and approve which sources we use and which one wins when they disagree.
- ✓ Personal surgeon-authored material is never overridden by a generic guideline.
- ✓ Otherwise, your approved guideline takes priority over a non-personal leaflet.
- ✓ Missing information is flagged for clinical review, never invented.
- ✓ Standard and easy-read versions are checked against the same source set.
- ✓ Nothing publishes without registered-clinician sign-off.
- ✓ There are no patient accounts or individual reading records.
Source-led preparation
A draft prepared for clinician review and sign-off
Patient reading modes
Standard and easy-read content in the same pathway
Joined recovery
Recovery guidance, organised by day
These are current product screens, not a simulated case or patient record. The Suite holds pathway content and governance records, not patient-identifying information.
4.78out of 5
Average patient rating in our first survey — for overall experience, ease of use, knowing what to expect, and finding information in the way they read best.
“Questions which I would normally have contacted the medical team all answered in the app. Helps anticipate what to expect which in recovery stages is often underlooked.”
“This is very good for ‘lay people’ easy to understand.”
“Very user friendly and easy to use. Like the videos embedded. And how you can jump day to day if required.”
“Extremely useful, and very comforting to refer to in the difficult days after surgery.”
The 90-day pilot
Start with one full pathway for 90 days.
Choose your current material, research into the guidelines you prefer, or a hybrid of the two. We prepare the source-grounded draft, or you adopt a ready-made pathway. You review and approve it within your 90 days, then decide whether to continue or stop.
Your 90 days begin on the day we set up your workspace if you adopt a ready-made pathway, or on the day we deliver your draft if we prepare one for you, never when you enquire or sign. Clinical review and approval take place within that period.
- 1. Choose the procedure, the preparation route, which sources we use and which one wins when they disagree.
- 2. Review the preparation and recovery draft.
- 3. Sign the approved content and share the links.
Prefer self-service? Start the pilot online. About 15 minutes. Five agreements, each with a plain-terms summary, signed online.
If we prepare your draft, you join the same queue of three pilots; a ready-made pathway needs no queue.
Plans and entitlements are on the pricing page.
We prepare every first draft ourselves, so we run three pilots at a time. When one reaches its day-90 review, the next begins. Requests are taken in order.
Request your pilot
Tell us which procedure you want to start with. This is a request, not a booking.
Questions before you start
Frequently asked questions
- Who writes and approves the clinical content?
- We prepare a source-grounded draft from your current approved material, from research into the guidelines you select or approve, or from both. You review it and a registered clinician signs it before publication. A source gap is marked for clinical review rather than filled in.
- Does a patient need an account?
- No. The clinical team issues a pathway link or QR code. The Suite does not require a patient name, email address, date of birth or clinical identifier.
- Can a secretary or PA help prepare the pathway?
- Yes. Administrative staff can prepare content and request review. Clinical sign-off remains restricted to a registered clinician.
- Can I use only Polaris or only The Compass?
- Yes. A single-product pathway is available when that is the right scope. The standard offer is the full pathway: preparation in Polaris and recovery in The Compass.
- What happens after the pilot?
- At day 90 you continue on a published plan or the pilot stops: patient links are withdrawn at once and The Helm becomes read-only. Export of your content is free. Prices are on the pricing page.
- What if my procedure is not in the current portfolio?
- Tell us which procedure you need in the request. Availability is confirmed before any pilot is agreed; a request does not promise that a pathway is ready.
- Can I move the content later?
- Your practice can move its hosting, content and web address to its own or an NHS-approved environment without losing its licence.
Read the governance and data position
28 procedures are listed in the current public portfolio.