NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has awarded a contract to the digital mental wellness programme myHappymind, an online educational resource aimed at supporting children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing.
The procurement of the myHappymind platform, aims to provide children aged 3-11 with “interactive and pre-prepared lessons” delivered by primary school teachers. It helps with teaching “positive and proactive habits” for their mental health, with each lesson reportedly “grounded in science-backed techniques proven to support the development of resilience and self-esteem” in young people from any socio-economic background.
Valued at £90,000, the contract between the trust and myHappymind is set to last for a full year, starting from 1 April 2025.
Digital innovation for children’s healthcare: the wider trend
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority recently awarded £4.16 million in funding for children’s healthcare innovation at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. The funding will go towards supporting the development of a Paediatric Open Innovation Zone designed to develop, test and deploy technologies to tackle “some of the biggest health challenges faced by children and young people in the region”.
SBRI Healthcare awarded £3 million to four innovations for children and young people’s health. This included a handheld CO2 sensor for asthma, a digital biomarker for epilepsy, a digital health passport for epilepsy, and a non-invasive continuous glucose monitor for diabetes.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with Birmingham Children’s Hospital in-patient and community teams, has been working on the development of the Xploro App, to improve the support given to young people during mental health appointments. The includes expanding the service to the 16-25 age range, whilst also adding a version specifically for mental health appointments.
