The platform our members use.
Equity Engine is our member platform, owned and run by Unwritten Health. It's where our 13,050 members across the UK, living with long-term conditions (as of October 2026, and growing daily), answer surveys, keep video diaries, send voice notes, review material on screen, and hear about clinical trials they might want to join. It also gives members community and content, which keeps them coming back.
What members do on it
Tell us
Members answer surveys and keep video diaries and voice notes about their condition, their treatment and how it affects daily life. They're asked again over time, so what we know grows.
Review
For patient involvement, members review protocols, invitations, materials and products inside the platform. Download and browser screenshots are blocked.
Take part
For referrals, members hear about clinical trials, answer the screening questions, and check in with us after they're referred.
Who's on it
13,050 people across the UK living with long-term conditions (as of October 2026, and growing daily), each counted once they've finished onboarding and passed our sign-up checks. Conditions are self-declared, with qualifying questions.
Each member is profiled by condition, age, sex, ethnicity, household income, education, other conditions and postcode district, and has told us whether they'd consider a clinical trial.
We started in March 2026, with a head start from the community work behind our founder's previous company. More than 3,500 had joined by the June 2026 launch. Since then we've grown by going to people: we present Equity Engine at community hubs across the UK, attend health fairs and spend time in the community.
Our members, condition by conditionHow members are treated
- Two consents before any detail leaves us: a standing opt-in to hear about clinical trials, then a yes to one named clinical trial. The site's informed consent is a third step, and never ours.
- Paid £27.50 an hour, in line with NIHR's rate for public involvement, for answering our surveys. Never for joining a clinical trial, and the check-ins after a referral are unpaid.
- Members see what a task pays before they start, and swap points for e-vouchers from £5.
- After every piece of work, members get a short summary of what changed because of them.