Who I Am and Why You’re Here
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Hi, I’m Stephen Makinde. I’m a clinician, and I spend most of my time in practice. My clinic hours are long, and my patient numbers continue to grow. Over more than 20 years, I’ve worked with over 415,000 patients.
The Patient’s Guide was not created as a brand or a content project. It was formed out of necessity.
I needed a better way to give my clients access to the same key clinical information and frameworks used in practice, so they could feel informed, involved, and confident in their care. Patients deserve clear, reliable knowledge and practical resources for their health condition, all in one place.
Now we also help other clinicians and practitioners provide their clients with advice that helps them make a difference.
Why The Patient’s Guide Was Formed
Over time, another problem became clear. Demand for care continued to grow, and my clinic schedule filled quickly. Many people who needed support simply couldn’t access appointments. Friends and family of existing patients began reaching out, asking for advice, guidance, and help navigating their own health concerns.
I realised I needed a way to support people beyond the clinic walls and to be able to work with other healthcare practitioners to support their clients also. Through education and in some cases by providing resources for their clients.
The Patient’s Guide was created to meet that need. It gives people structured, clinically informed guidance they can return to in their own time, helping them understand their condition, feel more confident in their decisions, and take meaningful steps toward recovery, even when in-person care isn’t immediately available.
Experience That Shaped This Work
Seeing one patient teaches you about that person. Seeing hundreds of thousands teaches you about patterns.
Across more than 415,000 patients, the same misunderstandings recur. The same symptom clusters repeat. The same points of confusion delay improvement, regardless of age, background, or diagnosis.
This experience didn’t lead me to a single technique. It led me to a way of thinking.
Health problems are rarely isolated. They develop through interactions between systems. True understanding must reflect that complexity, without overwhelming the patient.
My Clinical and Academic Background
That way of thinking didn’t happen by accident. It was shaped through years of clinical practice, alongside formal training across multiple disciplines, each offering a different lens for understanding complex health problems.
I completed a full-time degree in Osteopathic Medicine and Naturopathy at British College of Osteopathic Medicine, followed by an MSc in Neuroscience at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.
Alongside this, my education includes formal training in osteopathy, neuroscience, naturopathy, Western acupuncture, physical therapy, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
This background shaped how I assess problems, not a rigid method of treatment.
What The Patient’s Guide Provides
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That same approach now shapes every guide we create. They are not perfect but the provide a deep knowledge of the subject area which helps shape clinical decision making for clinicians and patients.
The Patient’s Guide exists to give patients clear, structured explanations of their conditions, grounded in real clinical experience and systems-based thinking. Each guide is designed to help you:
- understand what your diagnosis means in everyday terms
- recognise common drivers and patterns
- identify what tends to worsen symptoms and what often helps
- prepare better questions for your clinician
- feel more confident navigating treatment and recovery
It’s here to help you understand your condition more clearly, alongside the care you already receive.
Responsibility and Intent
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Nothing published here replaces medical assessment or hands-on treatment. Some conditions require urgent care. Others need time, consistency, and realistic expectations.
Education doesn’t remove uncertainty, but it does reduce unnecessary fear and confusion.
The Patient’s Guide exists to help people engage more meaningfully with their own health, and to support more focused, effective work in clinic. That is the purpose of this project.