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Digital health supports social prescribers in Humber and North Yorkshire

Digital health supports social prescribers with the Citizens Advice Clinic in Humber and North Yorkshire.

05 May 2022

ORCHA’s Founding CEO contributes to The Economist’s Technology Quarterly

Liz’s contribution discusses the appetite for digital health, and the quality of health and care apps that are available

04 May 2022

New Digital Health Assessment Framework Launches in the US

ORCHA collaborate with major US Bodies in delivery of pilot

02 May 2022

ORCHA expands Clinical Advisory Team

To ensure patient safety and professional fit and function remain at its forefront, ORCHA has appointed GP and digital health expert Tom Micklewright as Clinical Director

27 April 2022

New website provides reliable health apps to Sefton

People in Sefton can now help themselves to live healthier, happier lives using accredited health applications included on sefton.orcha.co.uk.

08 April 2022

UK’s first digital health training programme for all NHS frontline staff

The Digital Health Academy, with support from Health Education England, brings a massive boost of digital health skills

23 March 2022

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board to partner with leading digital health app review and distribution company

Patients who are supported by the Wellness Improvement Service (WISE) at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board will soon have personal access to a Digital Healthcare Library.

10 March 2022

ORCHA’s Liz Ashall-Payne named Entrepreneur of the Year at Women in IT Awards

The founding CEO of ORCHA, Liz Ashall-Payne, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Women in IT awards

04 March 2022

ORCHA insights inform Policy Exchange report

The report proposes the need to reform general practice and enable digital healthcare at scale

04 March 2022

Two ICSs set to pilot a new digital health Elective Care Toolkit

Two NHS Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are piloting a new digital health Elective Care Toolkit designed to support overstretched NHS staff

02 February 2022

Yorkshire Smokefree using digital health products to support service delivery

Since introducing the remote service, 72% of participants remained a non-smoker after 4 weeks when using the remote services

12 January 2022

Loneliness: Praise for health apps which offer social interaction

Try digital health to beat loneliness this year.

15 December 2021

How a health app became a ‘gamechanger’ in continence services

Professor Nikki Cotterill and Knut Schroeder developed CONfidence, a discrete, informative health app for those experiencing continence issues

09 December 2021

Digital Health Accreditation in the Nordics: A cross-border initiative for integrated digital health provision

N!P is working towards establishing the Nordics to be the first region in the world to establish common cross-border standards

09 December 2021

ORCHA partners with Best For You – transformative mental health care for children and young people

ORCHA is very proud to announce a partnership with Best For You: a new initiative from leading NHS organisations that will transform mental health services for children and young people.

24 November 2021

Web-based internet searches for digital health products in the United Kingdom before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a time-series analysis using app libraries from ORCHA

We explored if consumer interest in digital health products (DHPs) changed following the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures that ensued

24 November 2021

Barriers and Facilitators to the Adoption of Mobile Health Among Health Care Professionals From the United Kingdom: Discrete Choice Experiment

Despite the increasing availability of mobile health services, clinical engagement and use of health-apps remains minimal. This study aimed to identify and prioritise barriers to and drivers of health app use among health care professionals (HCPs) from the United Kingdom

19 November 2021

The role of health-care providers in mHealth adoption

We interviewed groups of digital health experts, practice nurses, allied health professionals, secondary care doctors, and general practitioners to determine the factors important to health-care providers for considering the recommendation of DHTs to patients

12 November 2021

Effective? Engaging? Secure? Applying the ORCHA-24 framework to evaluate apps for chronic insomnia disorder

In this study we assessed the quality of apps for chronic insomnia disorder, available on the Android Google Play Store, and determine whether a novel approach to app assessment could identify high-quality and low-risk health apps in the absence of indicators such as National Health Service (NHS) approval

09 November 2021

Comparing applets and oranges: barriers to evidence-based practice for app-based psychological interventions

Poor-quality pharmaceuticals and medical devices rarely make it to market; however, the same cannot be said for app-based interventions

04 November 2021

App-based psychological interventions: friend or foe?

Health-apps are one solution the NHS has recommended to fill the gap between patient need and he capacity of incumbent NHS psychological services

01 November 2021

The Daily Telegraph features ORCHA research

During the summer we surveyed 2000 consumers to find out more about how they were using health apps

25 October 2021

BMJ Open study shows significant & sustained interest in digital health products throughout lockdown

Research scientists led by Simon Leigh, head of research at ORCHA, have examined web-based internet searches for digital health products before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

20 October 2021

On World Mental Health Day, ORCHA reports that the use of mental health apps is still on the rise

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ORCHA’s researchers have been watching trends in the use of digital health for mental health support

08 October 2021

My Life Plan’s experience of the DTAC

MY LIFE PLAN selected ORCHA as its partner for the DTAC. The process took five months and was achieved in a series of steps, with sections submitted and feedback given

07 October 2021

ORCHA reconfigures its services to support developers from start to finish

Developers of digital health products can now have a partner to lead them through every step of the planning, accreditation, certification and distribution process for their innovation

06 October 2021

Canada’s first App Library to support absent employees created by ORCHA for LifeWorks

LifeWorks, a world leader in digital and in-person wellbeing solutions, has commissioned ORCHA to create a health app library designed to support employees when they are absent from work

30 September 2021

Get DTAC ready at HETT…and save 10%

To accelerate the adoption of the DTAC across NHS and Social Services, we are offering a 10% discount on ORCHA DTAC reviews booked at HETT

24 September 2021

Seven Integrated Care Systems roll out ORCHA across the South West

System levels up Digital to Empower 5.6 million Citizens and Save 30% in Costs

21 September 2021

The Pharma Industry Highlights the Potential for digital apps

‘App development is a golden opportunity – but pharma companies need to be wary’

10 September 2021

Join Us at HETT21: You’re invited to the ORCHA Digital Patient Zone – Register Today!

Get DTAC ready, meet top scoring digital health suppliers, hear about our new products and so much more…

09 September 2021

Get Active and win a FitBit with our ORCHA Digital Health App Finder

ORCHA is holding a competition for AHPs who are ORCHA Pro License holders, to run alongside the yearly Twitter We Active Challenge

06 August 2021

Clear Mind Project: Teen boys help other teens find mental health support

A group of teenage boys are working together to figure out how technology, in the form of health apps, can support their peers through tough times

03 August 2021

ORCHA speaks at European mHealth Hub’s Hub Talks 2021: Digital Health Assessment Frameworks

Discussing European digital health assessment frameworks, including projects that ORCHA has worked on in the Nordics, Netherlands and Israel

16 July 2021

How do Digital Health Standards Assess Evidence?

An international snapshot of how evidence is defined around the world

14 July 2021

Digital Health Accreditation in the Netherlands

Improving the lives of those living with a mental health condition

09 July 2021

Patients Seek Digital Health to Reduce Pressure on the NHS

ORCHA commissioned research to ask people in the UK what they think of digital health

05 July 2021

Dubai Health Centre to spearhead growth of digital health in UAE

Citizens and expats based in Dubai will have access to the Middle East’s first digital health library

17 June 2021

Feeling Good passes the new NHS DTAC

Feeling Good is amongst the first products to become compliant with the new NHS DTAC

07 June 2021

SilverCloud Head of Europe joins ORCHA as MD

Dr Humphreys joins the ORCHA team following a period of accelerated growth for the organisation

04 June 2021

ORCHA’s digital health insights featured in national newspapers

Only around 20% of health and care apps are safe, secure, and meet clinical standards

28 May 2021

ORCHA featured in the DIT’s ‘First 100’ Digital Health Playbook

The campaign, launched by the Department for International Trade (DIT), articulates the exportable strengths that the UK has in healthtech.

13 May 2021

Digital Medicine Technologies for Mental Health & Stress Management: Video

ORCHA’s George Kowalski discusses digital health solutions for mental health.

13 May 2021

Derbyshire Public Health spearheads digital revolution in wellbeing services

Derbyshire County Council has joined forces with ORCHA on an ambitious long-term project to embed the use of health apps and online tools into its services.

13 May 2021

Empowering Young People to Self-Manage their Mental Health and Wellbeing

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust works with ORCHA to establish health apps library.

12 May 2021

Best-in-Class Apps for London’s Digital Mental Wellbeing Service

Good Thinking, London’s Digital Mental Well-being Service, worked closely with ORCHA to identify the best in class apps.

12 May 2021

Which digital for mental health recovery action plans?

Our mental health report lists 5 top quality apps to help with: anxiety, depression, teen mental health and self-harm.

28 April 2021

Digital health for cancer services: Report

Find out how digital health can help in cancer services

30 March 2021

365 days since lockdown

Exploring the milestones in digital health since 16 March 2020.

16 March 2021

How Dorset is Becoming a Digitally Enabled Population

How did Our Dorset establish a ‘digitally-enabled Dorset programme’ to increase the use of technology in the health and care system?

12 March 2021

We’re Hiring: Digital Healthcare Science Degree Apprentice

Work for one of the UK’s fastest growing Digital Health organisations

26 February 2021

Health apps for long COVID self-management: Report

Discover the impact of long COVID in services today

24 February 2021

ORCHA features in BBC News article: ‘Most healthcare apps are not up to NHS standards’

Under which criteria do many apps fall down?

19 February 2021

Check your app against the NHS DTAC

What does the DTAC mean for digital health reviews?

17 February 2021

New ORCHA V6 Review Incorporates the Latest Standards

From today, ORCHA Libraries only display Reviews using this new criteria

11 February 2021

ORCHA Co-Authors Mental Health Research Paper with the University of Cambridge

‘Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: A coordinated response’

11 February 2021

Join ORCHA at HETT Reset 2021

The UK’s Leading Healthtech and Digital Health Event. Live and Online.

03 February 2021

Digital in Weight Management Services: BDA and ORCHA Report

Why do only 21% of weight management apps meet standards?

27 January 2021

Can you help ORCHA recruit its exec team and 100 new positions?

Email your interest by 14 January 2021 to recruit4@orcha.co.uk

12 January 2021

COVID-19: Digital Health Trends & 2021 Opportunities Report

What trends emerged in 2020 and what is predicted for 2021?

06 January 2021

MindTech 2020: The changing appetite for psychological mHealth solutions

Health Economist Simon Leigh presents his research and findings into the appetite for psychological mHealth solutions.

07 December 2020

Open call for products capable of delivering NHS Digital Health Checks

If you have a product that can help with NHS Digital Health Checks, we want to hear from you!

02 December 2020

ORCHA Published in Healthcare Enablers 2020

The book explores how we can work together to make healthcare technology an integral part of our healthcare system.

27 November 2020

Behaviour change: digital health interventions

Our latest news roundup.

25 November 2020

Top 5 actions from the new NICE guidelines

We’ve summarised the 5 most significant points from this helpful and practical tool for anyone developing, commissioning, or using digital health.

25 November 2020

Staffordshire Public Health Changes Lives with Digital Health

Council services tackle smoking, obesity and diabetes with new engagement tools. What results has the programme seen?

19 November 2020

ORCHA CEO features in UK-Japan Symposium on Data-Driven Health

Read the full write-up of the key messages to emerge from the conference, featuring Liz Ashall-Payne’s insights.

11 November 2020

Join us at Virtual HPN Expo 2020

03 November 2020

Patient Empowerment App, SHREWD WaitLess, Reduces A&E Attendances

WaitLess has been shown to reduce minor injuries activity in A&E by 11% and overall A&E attendances by 5%. Read how it helped Sarah choose the fastest place to access urgent care services for minor emergencies.

03 November 2020

Brain in Hand Helps People Manage Anxiety

64% of people who use the app feel they can better manage their anxiety, and 60% feel more independent. After using Brain in Hand, student Amanda could manage all elements of her life.

02 November 2020

SkinVision App Sounds the Alarm for Skin Cancer

One in five people will develop skin cancer. The SkinVision app can detect 95% of skin cancer. Read how Rob discovered he had skin cancer.

01 November 2020

On-demand CPD webinar: Augment mental health services with digital health

Watch our free CPD webinar!

28 October 2020

Digital Health for Winter Pressures

Our latest insights on how digital health can help…

22 October 2020

ORCHA works with Nordic Innovation to launch Nordic Digital Health & Medication Platform

Find out how we are supporting Nordic Innovation’s exciting…

21 October 2020

ORCHA features in Waitrose Weekend Newspaper: Get fit with your phone

Our latest insights on how digital health can help…

20 October 2020

American Telemedicine Association partners with ORCHA to launch review process in the U.S.

New process will ensure that patients have access to…

16 October 2020

Digital health and COVID-19: opportunity and threat

How can we overcome the accreditation gap to safely and effectively accelerate the adoption of digital health?

15 October 2020

ORCHA approved as a digital marketplace supplier on the government’s G-Cloud 12

As a supplier on the Digital Marketplace, ORCHA’s services…

05 October 2020

How to introduce apps into a clinical pathway

Dr Tamsin Brown explores the demand for health apps and discusses potential solutions.

23 September 2020

ORCHA CEO featured in OBI Property’s HealthTech Roundtable

How can HealthTech power the North in a post-COVID…

23 September 2020

Digital Healthy Schools: welcome back!

Help to support your students with their return to…

22 September 2020

COVID-19: Digital Health Trends Report

Since COVID-19 arrived, there has been a 25% rise…

22 September 2020

mHealth 2030 Report

We ask worldwide leaders from across mHealth: what will…

24 August 2020

The best technology to augment mental health services

What is the health of mental health apps?

06 August 2020

What is the health of mental health apps?

Amongst the 3,857 mental health apps available in unregulated…

05 August 2020

ORCHA partners with NHS London Procurement Partnership

Which health categories have been added to the Dynamic…

16 July 2020

Study ranks what NHS professionals require to adopt digital health

Two barriers to mHealth prescription revealed

15 July 2020

Best Apps for Helping Self-Management of Diabetes at Home

Dr Tom Micklewright discusses his views on three apps…

01 July 2020

Share your #HealthAppStories for the chance to win a Fitbit

Have health apps impacted your life, positively or negatively?

30 June 2020

Task group driving digital health readiness

A new group has been formed to drive forward…

24 June 2020

British Lung Foundation launch technology hub to support people with lung conditions

The hub aims to empower more people with lung…

22 June 2020

The Association of UK Dietitians Launches App Library

This new library will help people to access wellbeing…

18 June 2020

Best Health Apps for Paediatrics

Dr Tamsin Holland Brown demonstrates and shares her personal views…

18 June 2020

NeLL & ORCHA to optimize App Checking Process

The organisations are planning to bring together their expertise…

15 June 2020

Is Digital Health in your Return to School Plan?

An increasing number of schools are using digital health…

04 June 2020

COVID-19 Quarterly Digital Health Trends

We share our data insights from the first quarter…

04 June 2020

How to access your Digital Healthy Schools app library

Empower young people to embrace and responsibly use apps…

04 June 2020

Guest Article: How Enhanced Software Application Can Benefit the Patient Experience

If you want your medical practice to grow, you…

29 May 2020

COVID-19 App Developers Discover Loophole in App Store Regulations

How have app developers been bypassing app store security?

19 May 2020

GP Demonstrates 3 Apps for Managing Heart Health at Home

Dr Tom Micklewright discusses his views on three apps…

14 May 2020

Northern Ireland Health Minister Announces New Health App Library Launch

We are proud to support Northern Ireland’s new Health…

06 May 2020

A rise in UK health and care services introducing an App Library

How has COVID-19 impacted this increase? In which new…

06 May 2020

Our vision for the new NHS Digital Health Technology Standard

Our call to NHSX

05 May 2020

ORCHA Launches COVID-19 Health App Formulary

ORCHA today launches a health app formulary to help…

23 April 2020

Apps for Remote Physiotherapy

Learn more about apps for remote physiotherapy that have…

23 April 2020

Video: The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Launches App Library

How apps can help as part of assessment, treatment compliance, monitoring symptoms, and allowing people to self-manage

23 April 2020

GP Demonstrates 3 Apps for Remote Asthma Management

Dr Tom Micklewright discusses his views on three apps…

23 April 2020

Apps to help the vulnerable

Join our free webinar

02 April 2020

Coronavirus: Apps to help the elderly

How can health and care apps keep pressure off…

27 March 2020

Coronavirus: Apps to help children and young people

As schools across the UK close to most children,…

23 March 2020

Digital Healthy Schools: Your Questions, Answered

Answers to our most frequently asked questions for the Digital Healthy Schools programme.

16 March 2020

5 minutes with… Ms Claire Parkinson

What impact has digital health had on students?

16 March 2020

Digital Healthy Schools: App of the Month

Meet our new ‘App of the month’ feature!

16 March 2020

Coronavirus: Apps to help self-management

Apps to support self-care for all during COVID-19

13 March 2020

NHS LPP adds 5 new categories to Dynamic Purchasing System

Apply now!

11 March 2020

Best health apps for sleep

Top-scoring apps to help patients improve sleeping patterns

04 March 2020

February/March News Digest

The most significant market developments from the past month

25 February 2020

March 2020 Digital Health Events

Our recommended events to stay up to date with…

20 February 2020

How is ORCHA Unlocking the Power of Digital Health?

Watch our video to learn more!

12 February 2020

Webinar Catch-up: Building an App Library for People Living with Dementia

Watch again and download the slides

06 February 2020

Workshops: Beyond Algorithmic Systems and Trust

Join our workshop with commissioners of mental health services

23 January 2020

ORCHA to Sponsor SEHTA’s International MedTech Expo

Come and join us to meet other like-minded SMEs…

16 January 2020

Global Health App Evaluator, ORCHA, Exhibits Apps Library at Arab Health 2020

Visit us at stand H2.G50Q in the ABHI UK…

14 January 2020

January 2020 Digital Health Events

Our recommendations for the month ahead

09 January 2020

New Year News

Keep up to date with the most significant market…

09 January 2020

3 apps for New Year’s Resolutions

Three top-scoring apps that will help kick-start New Year’s…

09 January 2020

Webinar: Building an Apps Library for people living with Dementia and their carers

09 January 2020

ORCHA in Top 20 North West ‘Companies to Watch out for in 2020’

We’ve been named one of the region’s most exciting…

06 January 2020

Digital Health Assessors wanted!

Work for one of the UK’s fastest growing Digital Health organisations

06 January 2020

Accessible Apps: Which Languages are Most Supported?

What are the top 5 most supported languages for…

16 December 2019

ORCHA CEO elected for techUK Health and Social Care Council

Liz will work with the other Council members to…

12 December 2019

Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health to Launch Safe mHealth Platform with ORCHA

A digital future in Uganda and across the Commonwealth

09 December 2019

Raising Vital Funds: Join our ‘appy Christmas Challenge for MSF

Help us raise money for Medecins Sans Frontieres.

27 November 2019

ORCHA Highly Commended in Business Culture Awards

Huge congratulations to our amazing team for all their…

21 November 2019

Top Tips for App Developers: Goal Setting

How to use goals to increase engagement

21 November 2019

Diet and Weight Loss Apps Rating Map

Three key takeaways revealed

19 November 2019

New EU Medical Device Regulations Seminar

Are you prepared for the changes coming into effect…

12 November 2019

November Digital Health Events

Our recommendations for events in November

31 October 2019

Latest news from ORCHA!

The most significant market developments from the last month

31 October 2019

Improving Me – Women’s Health Case Study

Dr Devender Roberts discusses the impact apps can make in the delivery of maternity care

30 October 2019

3 Top Apps for Women’s Health

Take a look at our videos

30 October 2019

ORCHA a Partner for Digital Health Society Summit

Held on the 11th and 12th December 2019 in…

22 October 2019

ORCHA App Zone showcases the ‘need to know’ health apps

App Zone brought together some of the highest scoring…

18 October 2019

Video: NHS London Procurement Partnership launches purchasing system for health apps

Watch the video with NHS LPP

11 October 2019

ORCHA and NeLL: working together on the international development of reliable digital care

Optimally integrating digital healthcare applications into existing healthcare processes

09 October 2019

Applying Solutions to the NHS: An Interview with Liz Ashall-Payne

What is ORCHA’s solution to the digital health challenges…

04 October 2019

NHS London Procurement Partnership invites tenders for health and social care apps

Find out what this means and how to apply

01 October 2019

Top Tips for App Developers: Privacy Settings

How to personalise an app experience with privacy settings

25 September 2019

App Regulation: GDPR

As a developer, staying up to date with the…

25 September 2019

Mental Health Apps Rating Map

What are our three key takeaways?

25 September 2019

Launching ORCHA Connect

Let us connect you to specialist suppliers to improve…

25 September 2019

Top 3 Dementia Apps

Exploring the role health apps can play in managing…

05 September 2019

Case Study: HSCNI Apps 4 Dementia

We’re sharing how health apps can make a practical difference to people living with dementia and their carers

05 September 2019

ORCHA at NHS Expo 2019!

Find us in the AHSN Network Innovation Exchange Zone

28 August 2019

MIND appoints ORCHA to address the Dutch ‘jungle’ of health apps

MIND wants to ensure people are better informed about…

28 August 2019

ORCHA to host App Zone at HETT 2019

Meet the developers!

28 August 2019

Top Tips for App Developers: Personalisation

How to personalise an app experience with notifications

23 August 2019

App Regulation: NICE’s Evidence Standards Framework

Key points to consider when incorporating NICE’s Evidence Standards…

23 August 2019

Blood Pressure Apps Rating Map

Learn from our three main themes

23 August 2019

ORCHA Health – Clinical Leads

Job vacancy

16 August 2019

3 Apps to Tackle Summer Pressures

Three top scoring apps that are designed to help…

14 August 2019

Case Study: Fitmums and Friends

Learn more about Fitmums’ results with ORCHA

14 August 2019

ORCHA Launches User Experience Project with App Developers

What does a ‘good’ app look like?

07 August 2019

What are ORCHA’s Best Diabetes Apps?

Five top-scoring diabetes apps

31 July 2019

Top Tips for App Developers: Navigation

Tips for navigation

26 July 2019

3 Minutes With: Dr Taz Aldawoud

We spoke with Dr Taz Aldawoud, Bradford GP and Clinical Board Member at NHS Bradford Districts CCG, to understand why the CCG is turning to apps and what is important for them.

24 July 2019

Top Tips for App Developers: Presentation

Tip #74: Improve your Presentation

24 July 2019

3 Minutes With: Rachel Dunscombe

Rachel and her colleague, Jim Ritchie, explain how they led the introduction of health apps at one of NHS England’s global digital exemplars (GDEs).

24 July 2019

Femtech Apps Rating Map

Results revealed in a 3D map

24 July 2019

App Regulation: Care Quality Commission

Staying up to date with the latest app regulations…

24 July 2019

Dementia Apps Rating Map

Insights into the dementia apps landscape

18 July 2019

ORCHA’s Top 10 Tips to Make a Great Health and Care App

Navigate your way to making your app one of…

18 July 2019

ORCHA Approved as a Digital Marketplace Supplier on the Government’s G-Cloud 11

Find out what this means and how to engage

06 July 2019

ORCHA Health – Software Developer

We are looking to build a new Technical Team within the business that will support the full project lifecycle from analysis, development and deployment of the ORCHA Digital Platform.

01 July 2019

Our Chapter in SEHTA’s ‘2019 Accessing the NHS Guide’

Advice, understanding and knowledge for health technology SMEs wanting…

27 June 2019

New ORCHA Health App Quality Mark

Our new badge for developers

27 June 2019

Health Apps in Suicide Prevention with Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide

Providing vulnerable young people with access to safe resources…

26 June 2019

What are the best pregnancy apps?

Want to find the best pregnancy apps, but don’t…

18 June 2019

CEO Liz Ashall-Payne Discusses ORCHA’s Review Accreditation Engine in HIMSS Interview

What makes ORCHA unique?

13 June 2019

Important Standards and Regulations for App Developers

Stay up to date with the latest app regulations…

12 June 2019

Research in npj Digital Medicine journal parallels ORCHA’s vision for validated health apps

A study into digital health validation solutions by American…

06 June 2019

Brian O’Connor Appointed Chair at Health App Watchdog ORCHA

ORCHA, is delighted to announce the appointment of Brian…

05 June 2019

eGP Learning Reviews ORCHA!

eGP Learning provides a range of services to help with…

04 June 2019

ORCHA Published in The Lancet Digital Health

We are absolutely delighted that this research has been…

03 June 2019

News from ORCHA

Here we highlight the most significant market developments and…

30 May 2019

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust on Using Safe Mental Health Apps

Men are less likely to access psychological therapies than…

30 May 2019

3 Apps to Improve Men’s Health

Although more men use fitness apps than women, adoption…

30 May 2019

ORCHA’s Upcoming June Events

If you want to attend an event to stay…

30 May 2019

Apps to support Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental health issues can affect anyone, regardless of age,…

15 May 2019

ORCHA CEO Interview: Health App Innovators have to “step-up”

ORCHA’s CEO, Liz Ashall-Payne, was recently interviewed by MobiHealthNews,…

15 May 2019

Connecting the dots in Maternity and Baby Care

ORCHA recently participated in Digital Health Society’s Online Workshop ‘Connecting…

09 May 2019

Mersey Care has an App for That

senior clinicians at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust have…

01 May 2019

How Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is choosing apps

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out apps across…

29 April 2019

Three Prevention Apps you should know about

ORCHA looks at more than 160 elements of an…

29 April 2019

Merseyside Innovation Awards

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that ORCHA is…

29 April 2019

ORCHA Featured in Digital Health News

After recently sponsoring The Royal Society of Medicine’s ‘Medical…

15 April 2019

ORCHA CEO is Women in Technology FINALIST for Inspire Awards 2019

The Inspire Women Awards, now in its fifth year, celebrate…

15 April 2019

APIs, APPt Prescriptions and New Proposals: ORCHA’s News Roundup

Want to keep up-to-date with the latest and most significant developments in digital health?

12 April 2019

ORCHA to Speak at Best of North West Tech Event

As the provider of the world’s biggest health app library and…

03 April 2019

ORCHA’s Weekly News Roundup #2

Interesting articles from the past week so that you…

25 March 2019

ORCHA to Sponsor Royal Society of Medicine Event

ORCHA is sponsoring the Royal Society of Medicine’s ‘Medical Apps:…

20 March 2019

ORCHA’s Weekly News Roundup #1

Click the links after each summary to read the…

18 March 2019

Embracing the Landscape of Health Apps

Read on for an insight into the landscape of…

15 March 2019

Liz Ashall-Payne named in prestigious BIMA 100 for 2019

To be named as part of the BIMA 100…

09 March 2019

Digital Healthy Schools Launches Across Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s Schools

An exciting new digital programme for schools combining health apps with…

07 March 2019

Overcoming OCD – One App at a Time

According to OCD UK, there are an estimated three quarters of a million people suffering from severe, debilitating and life-impacting Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the UK alone.

20 February 2019

NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme Includes ORCHA

Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP)

19 February 2019

NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme Includes ORCHA

There are currently 3.4 million people in England with…

19 February 2019

Clinical Entrepreneur Programme – Applications Opening Soon

The Clinical Entrepreneur Training Programme offers opportunities for junior…

18 February 2019

Our Top 3 Reproductive Health Apps

On behalf of NHS organisations, ORCHA tests more apps…

11 February 2019

NHS Long term plan- What’s the future for Children’s digital health?

The Long Term Plan highlights the importance of innovation…

25 January 2019

NHS Long term plan – What 3 things will activate the nation?

The NHS long term plan acknowledges that services must…

21 January 2019

The NHS Long term plan – a new insight into the possible

The NHS Long-term plan highlights the importance of innovation…

18 January 2019

LMA Case study- ORCHA in a University

Home to X Factor’s LMA Choir, Liverpool Media Academy…

09 January 2019

Business Ideas for 2019: Personal health apps

Great to see ORCHA mentioned in the start up article, from…

04 January 2019

ORCHA’S 12 Apps for Xmas

Christmas is almost here so it’s time to get…

12 December 2018

Parents and Teachers…We Need You!

Do you know the options available to children if…

11 December 2018

CEO Liz Ashall Payne Makes the 301 Female Tech Trailblazer List

The list is made up of everybody from household…

10 December 2018

Encouraging Uptake of Health Apps Across the NHS

Eleanor Smith MP chaired a parliamentary roundtable discussion on…

06 December 2018

TOP 3 WINTER PRESSURE APPS

With the burden of winter pressures set to continue,…

05 December 2018

Choose Apps This Winter

The coming months exacerbate conditions and bring additional pressures…

05 December 2018

Educating the next generation around health apps

We live in a digital world and none are…

30 November 2018

Top 3 Apps for Making Changes Stick

Here are three apps that we recommend for the…

24 October 2018

NHS Digital enlists Orcha to help populate App Library

NHS Digital has enlisted the help of a third-party…

24 September 2018

Bradford and Craven CCGs Promote Mental Wellbeing with Technology

A new mobile app comparison service is being unveiled…

12 September 2018

Myth 4 We have SOOOO many health apps……..right???

Ok so we have 112,000 health apps, so that’s…

04 September 2018

ORCHA approved as a Government Supplier on G-Cloud 10

We are delighted to announce that ORCHA services have…

01 August 2018

General Practice safely unlocks the power of health apps

25 July 2018

Pupils Put their Mobiles to Good Use

Children starting Secondary School this September were born the…

18 July 2018

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App Zone at the International Technology Enabled Care Conference!

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Thinking about digital health technologies in the same way that we approach medication and drugs can help us to understand why regulation and education is so important for health and care professionals.

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Starting now! Join in the conversation at @LactApp as @fatima_alzara explores how to evaluate a health app 🔎📲

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Today, our Clinical Lead for Women’s Health, @fatima_alzara, is speaking at @LactApp Medical Congress!

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🎙️How to evaluate a digital health app

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Our CEO @LizAshallPayne features on the first @SandersonPLC Tech for Good Talk with Tech for Good Managing Director, Chris Walker.

Click below to watch the full video and hear Liz talk about the world of #HealthTech and #DigitalHealth regulation!

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What does a Clinical Safety Officer do and what difference does it make having one in house?

Watch the full playback at http://www.wysa.io/nhs

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