Little Journey equips families with the knowledge, preparation, and support they need to navigate their healthcare experiences. We reduce anxiety through at-home learning and preparation, made accessible to all.
We are proven to reduce anxiety and improve patient outcomes.
What is Little Journey?
The Little Journey app offers:
virtual hospital tours to explore the different rooms and learn about the patient pathway
bite-sized information articles to prepare and inform
distraction and soothing activities to cope with strong emotions
independently audited for accessibility and the app is compatible with assistive technologies.
All configured to your hospital’s unique patient pathway!
Find out how Little Journey can support your patients to better health
Hospital benefits
42% reduction in on-the-day cancellations
3.5x organisational cost-benefit ROI
£6 in societal benefit for every £1 invested in Little Journey
Improves patient satisfaction and experience (97% satisfaction rate with information among families)
Patient benefits
Studies demonstrate reduced anxiety in children
22% reduction in the need for premedication
30% less time spent in recovery
Improves patients’ lives and health behaviours (studies show 1.74% QALY improvements)
Fewer missed days of school/work
How it works
Configurable by you
Our web portal lets healthcare staff easily configure our app content in real time to suit their organisation’s needs. Adjust or amend our app content in only minutes!
Tailored content
We provide interactive content tailored by age, procedure, and hospital. We create content accessible to all children, with a strong focus on supporting neurodiverse children.
Designed by children, for children!
We involve families and healthcare professionals at every stage of our creation process. We co-create our products with children, especially those who are neurodiverse, to support all children to better health.
Why use Little Journey in your healthcare organisation?
Better Patient Experiences
We provide families with age-tailored content, so they feel better supported and prepared for their hospital visits. By doing so, we enhance patient satisfaction and experience of care through better communication and step-by-step support.
Improved Patient Outcomes
Our psychological preparation and support improves physical and mental health outcomes. From faster recovery to fewer sick days, we help children and young people get back to doing what they love.
Lower cost of healthcare
We help lower healthcare costs by reducing on-the-day cancellations, unplanned admissions, and the need for premedication.
Better care co-ordination
Little Journey improves patient flow and staff utilisation through enhanced patient compliance and understanding.
Improved population health
We promote the development of positive health behaviours in families, helping to reduce the global health economic burden of illness.
Improved patient experience
We promote positive health behaviours in families, helping to reduce the global health economic burden of illness.
Here's what our users and customers think
Thank you so much for developing such an amazing app!! I used it for my 4-year-old daughter's journey through surgery at Ipswich Hospital. She’s so anxious usually and this app was like a magic wand! She knew exactly what to expect and completely got into the role of the patient! Absolute god send Thank you"
"We used the Little Journey app to help a 9 year old girl recently who was very anxious and has autism. Her previous procedures have been a real challenge due to this. After the patient downloaded and used the app, it was a much less stressful situation, simply due to the immersive distraction she experienced from playing with the app."
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See how Little Journey can help your healthcare organisation
Over 50 NHS Trusts have chosen Little Journey for their patients, including:
