About
Kooth is the UK’s longest-established, largest and most trusted provider of digital mental health support. We believe that everyone in the world should have access to well-designed and accessible digital mental health support and treatment, regardless of who they are. That support should be effective, affordable and compassionate whilst removing barriers to care. We want Kooth to be that platform.
We have been working in close partnership with the NHS for the past two decades to improve access to mental health services across England, Wales and Scotland. Kooth has grown to form an integral role in supporting the NHS to deliver on early intervention, prevention and therapeutic access for children and young people’s mental health (CYPMH) through our Kooth service, and adult mental health through our Qwell service.
Our decades of research, experience and partnerships have allowed us to create clinically robust platforms for both young people and adults. Kooth.com (ages 10-25) and Qwell.io (18+) provide a free (for the end user), safe and anonymous space for people to seek non-judgemental professional digital mental health and emotional wellbeing support.
We are the only digital platform accredited by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) across the UK.
Key Facts
* For healthcare organisations that want to fast track the digital transformation of mental health services, Kooth’s technology platform and clinical governance model can be licensed by organisations to operate in their country. * Currently commissioned across 90% of NHS England, large parts of Wales and Scotland * Kooth is the only digital mental health provider to hold a UK-wide accreditation from the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). * The Kooth platform is available free to over 10.9 million people aged 10+. * In total 7.1 million children and young people have access to Kooth across the UK today, with 1 in 33 of these having accessed Kooth in 2021. * In 2021, Kooth and Qwell had over 200,000 unique users and just over 1.3 million logins. * Kooth.com and Qwell.io offer services and support that are accessible 24/7, 365 days a year. *Sixty-eight percent of our users access our services outside of the usual 9am to 5pm. *There are no waiting lists or thresholds to meet to qualify for support, and a referral from a medical professional is not required. • Therapeutic content and activities: Every week, our community submits over 100 ‘lived experience’ articles to our moderation team for publication. This is in addition to our clinical content team that publishes therapeutic content and activities across a range of over 70 subject areas. • Community: Users can get help from others in the Kooth community, providing a positive peer support space. • Professional support: Kooth provides access to emotional wellbeing and counselling support, delivered by our team of over 200 practitioners. We provide responsive (drop in) chat, asynchronous messaging support, structured counselling (typically 6-12 sessions), and ongoing support. This is delivered as a live text chat through the Kooth platform. * Kooth ensures that all content published by individuals on the Kooth platform is moderated by our clinical team for safety and appropriateness. In 2021, the team moderated over 500,000 posts, journals, and comments from the Kooth community.
Successes in UK/NHS
* A trusted and proven partner of the NHS * 90% of Commissioners in England choosing Kooth as their digital mental health platform. This includes all 32 boroughs in London, plus a clear expansion into Scotland and Wales. * Kooth has exceptional local relationships across primary care, NHS providers and NHS commissioning systems, and understands the value it can add to help reduce costs and improve outcomes across the mental health pathway. * The platform is autonomous but aligns closely with the NHS Thrive Framework.Company details
Solutions
Delivering advanced patient care
Enabling self-care
Specialism
Digitally-enabled out of hospital care
Mental health
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www.koothplc.comMarkets already exporting to
USA South Africa
Desired Markets
Univeral Healthcare Providers, Charities providing mental health support in a country, Healthcare Primary care, Health insurers
Desired customer types
national governments, regional governments, Ministries of Health, health insurers, public healthcare, private healthcare