About MeCheck | UK Home Cancer Screening & Health Tests
MeCheck delivers professional home cancer screening and health tests, processed by GMC and ISO 15189-accredited UK and European laboratories.
Expert diagnostics. Accessible to everyone
MeCheck was founded to remove barriers to advanced diagnostic testing — bringing professional-grade cancer screening, hereditary risk assessment, and gut health testing directly to your home.
Our Mission
We partner with leading UK and European clinical laboratories and specialist physicians to ensure that everyone — regardless of where they live or who their GP is — can access the same standard of diagnostic insight available in a private clinic
Why We Started MeCheck
Too many people wait too long for answers about their health. NHS screening programmes are excellent but limited in what they cover and when they begin. Private testing has historically meant long appointments, high consultation fees, and uncomfortable conversations before you even get to the test itself.
We believed there had to be a better way — one that gave people the same diagnostic accuracy used in hospitals, but with the privacy, convenience, and dignity of testing at home.
So we built MeCheck around three principles: clinical accuracy, complete privacy, and clear results.
Professional-Grade
Earlier insights. Better outcomes.
Early detection is strongly associated with better outcomes in cancer. Our tests are designed to identify risk earlier — giving you, your GP, and your specialists more time and more options. Every test we offer is clinically validated and sourced from accredited European laboratories.
Professional-grade. Home convenience.
Molecular diagnostics that meet the standards used in leading private clinics, delivered as a simple home collection kit. Results are reviewed against clinical reference ranges and provided with clear, actionable guidance — not just raw data.
What Sets Us Apart
Four commitments shape every test we offer and every interaction we have with you.
1. We don’t sell wellness tests.
MeCheck only offers tests with strong clinical evidence behind them. If a test isn’t validated, we don’t sell it. You won’t find vague ‘food sensitivity’ or unverified hair-mineral kits in our shop.
2. No shortcuts on accreditation.
Our cancer screening tests are processed in ISO 15189-accredited laboratories — the same standard required for NHS diagnostic services. Every laboratory partner is named on this page, listed with its accreditation body, and independently verified before we list any test.
3. Your results belong to you.
We never share your data — not with insurers, not with employers, not with marketing partners. All personal and health data is processed in accordance with UK GDPR.
4. We’re here when you need us.
Real people, not chatbots. Email us with any question — before or after your test — and we’ll respond within a few hours, Monday to Friday.
Founder & Medical Oversight
Over 27 years of clinical experience informing every test we offer
Founder name
Dr Chun How Tang
Role:
Founder & Clinical Advisor
GMC status:
GMC Registered · Licence No. 4576963
Qualifications (list):
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MBChB — University of Manchester
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MRCGP — Royal College of General Practitioners
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DFFP — RCOG Faculty of Family Planning
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MBA — Open University Business School
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ALS / BLS — Resuscitation Council UK
Biography:
Dr Chun How Tang is the founder of MeCheck and brings over 22 years of NHS and private clinical practice to the platform. Qualified in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Manchester, Dr Tang is a fully GMC-registered GP with active revalidation. His extensive experience across primary care, private practice, and clinical governance directly underpins MeCheck’s diagnostic testing services.
Dr Tang currently practises as a GP at Pall Mall Medical, Manchester — a CQC-registered private clinic and one of the UK’s leading private healthcare providers — and as an online GP prescriber at MedExpress. His active clinical practice ensures that MeCheck’s test portfolio is continuously informed by real-world patient care, current NHS and NICE guidelines, and the latest developments in preventative and precision medicine.
His clinical background spans Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, Gynaecology, Geriatrics, and Rehabilitation — giving him a uniquely broad foundation for early disease detection and patient risk stratification. This breadth of experience directly informs the clinical validity framework applied to MeCheck’s full test portfolio.
As Founder and Clinical Advisor, Dr Tang oversees the clinical validity of the entire MeCheck test portfolio, approves all laboratory partnerships, and ensures every product meets the standards he applies in his own clinical practice.
Specialism tags (display as pills):
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Bowel Cancer Screening
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Hereditary Cancer Risk
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Clinical Governance
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Preventative Medicine
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Private GP · Pall Mall Medical (CQC)
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GP Prescriber · MedExpress
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Emergency Medicine
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Revalidation footnote
Dr Tang is revalidated with the GMC (ref. 4576963). Annual GP appraisals maintained continuously since 2006.
Trusted Laboratory Partners
Accredited laboratories. Verified results.
MeCheck works exclusively with named, accredited clinical laboratories holding internationally recognised quality certifications. Every partner is independently verified before any test is listed on our platform.
OUR SERVICES
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Services We Provide
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Nonacus Clinical Services (UK Partner)
Specialism:
Genomics & Hereditary Cancer
Description:
Birmingham-based specialist genomics laboratory operating as Informed Genomics Limited, trading as Nonacus Clinical Services. Nonacus provides MeCheck’s hereditary cancer panel testing, bladder cancer (GALEAS®) liquid biopsy analysis, and molecular genomics services.
Accreditations:
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UKAS ISO 15189:2022
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Schedule No. 22262
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ISO 27001 Data Security
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GDPR Compliant
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ACMG / ACGS Variant Guidelines
Footnote:
Accreditation issued by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) — the sole national accreditation body recognised by the British Government. Accreditation assessed annually.
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Biovis Diagnostik MVZ GmbH (Germany Partner)
Specialism:
Bowel Cancer Screening
Description:
Specialist medical laboratory based in Limburg-Eschhofen, Germany, with over a decade of expertise in stool diagnostics, microbiome analysis, and cancer screening. Biovis provides MeCheck’s bowel cancer (ColoAlert®) testing services.
Accreditations:
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DAkkS ISO 15189:2024
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DIN EN ISO 15189
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Stool Diagnostics Specialist
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EQA Scheme Participant
Footnote:
Accreditation issued by Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS) — Germany’s national accreditation body, operating under EU Regulation 765/2008. Equivalent in standing to UKAS accreditation in the UK.
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Bloodo / LifeLab1 (Lithuania Partner)
Specialism:
NAD, NMN & Cellular Wellness
Description:
Bloodo is a Vilnius-based clinical diagnostics company operating LifeLab1, a fully licensed clinical laboratory specialising in dried blood spot (DBS) testing, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS), and advanced metabolic biomarker analysis. Bloodo provides MeCheck’s NAD and NMN cellular wellness testing services.
LifeLab1 maintains quality standards aligned with ISO 15189 and participates in international external quality assurance (EQA) programmes to ensure consistent, reliable results. The laboratory team comprises experienced medical biologists, quality specialists, PhD candidates, and doctors of pharmacy. Collaborative research is conducted with Vilnius University (Lithuania) and Malmö University (Sweden).
Licences and standards:
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ISO 15189 Aligned
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CE Marked · IVDR 2017/746
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EN ISO 13485 Manufacturing
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LHP-2819 Licensed
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NR-4864 State Accredited
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NM-334 Licensed
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Regulated by Lithuanian state health authorities and the Lithuanian National Accreditation Bureau (LA) — a full ILAC MRA signatory and member of the European Accreditation (EA) network.
Additional standards
CE / IVDR — Clinically Validated Test Kits:
All test kits supplied by MeCheck carry CE marking under the EU In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR), confirming they meet rigorous safety, performance, and clinical validity requirements before reaching consumers.
Clinical Review — Medically Reviewed Results:
All products are assessed for clinical appropriateness by Dr Tang before listing. Results are benchmarked against current clinical reference ranges and provided with clear, actionable guidance.
UK IVDR Compliance:
All diagnostic devices sold via MeCheck comply with UK In Vitro Diagnostic Regulations governing the sale and marketing of medical test kits.
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ASA CAP Code Adherence:
All product claims are reviewed for compliance with ASA CAP codes for health and medical products. We do not make claims beyond the validated clinical evidence for each test.
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CQC-Registered Clinical Setting:
Clinical oversight for MeCheck is provided by Dr Tang in his capacity as a practising GP at Pall Mall Medical and at Northwest Health — a Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered clinic. CQC registration requires ongoing compliance with fundamental standards of safety and quality in healthcare.
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GMC-Registered Medical Oversight:
Clinical governance is provided by a fully licensed, revalidated GMC-registered GP with over 26 years of NHS and private clinical experience.
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GDPR & Data Privacy:
All personal and health data is processed in accordance with UK GDPR. We do not share or sell customer health data.
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CE / IVDR — Clinically Validated Test Kits:
All test kits supplied by MeCheck carry CE marking under the EU In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR), confirming they meet rigorous safety, performance, and clinical validity requirements before reaching consumers.
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Regulatory compliance and consumer protection
MeCheck operates in full compliance with UK and EU regulatory frameworks governing in vitro diagnostic medical devices and direct-to-consumer health testing. We are committed to transparent, evidence-based marketing and responsible clinical claims.
In the Press
The Daily Telegraph — “The doctor who launched a super-accurate bowel cancer test after losing his dad”. Dr Chun Tang profiled as the GP who brought ColoAlert to the UK.
Dr Tang as a trusted media source
Dr Tang is regularly cited as a named expert by national and international publications on health, medicine, cancer screening, and preventative care.
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The Daily Telegraph — What we’ve learnt about bowel cancer from Deborah James
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Irish Medical Times (Apr 2022) — Non-invasive bowel cancer test catches illness early
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PharmaTimes (Dec 2023) — Turning to Google: when patients self-diagnose online
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Woman & Home (Oct 2024) — What causes constipation? Doctors reveal 8 common reasons
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The Healthcare Guys — Concerning drop in health screenings across the UK
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Liverpool World (Apr 2025) — Pall Mall’s Dirty Protest hits Merseyside to raise bowel cancer awareness
Dr Chun Tang is a UK-trained GP and regular media commentator on health, featured in The Daily Telegraph, The Mirror and SheerLuxe.
In 2020, GSK booked him for a one-off shoot as a spokesperson for Panadol in Asian markets, recording lines in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Bahasa. The campaign aired in Hong Kong in 2021.