type private limited company industry online pharmacy founded 2010 founders dr. tony steele dan broughton headquarters bristol website www.doctorfox.co.uk dr. fox is an online clinic launched in january 2010 by dr tony steele and dan broughton . the service is owned by index medical ltd and was the first uk online consultation service to allow patients to check their eligibility for treatment without first completing a registration process . the company was established to provide regulated online medical services through an online facility where patients can undertake consultations for the supply of prescription medications across a limited range of medical conditions . the medication prescribed by dr fox does not include those that would require a face to face consultation 1 neither do they include any medicines that could be addictive or abused such as painkillers . this model of consultation falls under the jurisdiction of the care quality commission which regulates all private practitioners of medicine . 2 regulation edit the uk online pharmacy market has been subject to official regulation since the first legal online pharmacy was set up in 2002 . in 2005 changes to the national health service regulation made it legal for online pharmacies to fill out nhs prescriptions over the internet . in general online pharmacies in the uk are subject to the same statutory regulation that traditional pharmacies are under . many have a care quality commission registration number . they comply with the health and social care act 2008 and gphc regulations . in 2008 the rpsgb introduced a specially designed green cross logo so that customers could easily identify online pharmacies that had been accredited by the organisation . in 2010 this logo scheme was passed on to the gphc . 3 references edit the doctor won t see you now online consulting and prescribing . mhealth insight . retrieved october 22 2014 . british patients click online to see the doctor . the washington times . retrieved october 22 2014 . gphc registration number . general pharmaceutical council . retrieved october 23 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dr fox pharmacy & oldid 705931396 categories pharmacies of the united kingdom2010 establishments in englandcompanies based in bristolonline retailers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 february 2016 at 11 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view