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Little Journey welcomes Baggins the Bear!

Little Journey have worked together with Intersurgical to bring their character, Baggins the Bear, to life in the Little Journey smartphone app. As part of the relaxation animations aimed at children aged 3-7 years, Baggins the Bear teaches breathing and...

More procedures added to the Little Journey portfolio

Little Journey is excited to announce the expansion of its solution to support children undergoing endoscopy, phlebotomy, and coronavirus swab testing, as well as those participating in clinical trials. Our new web-based portal enables the rapid deployment of...

New characters and animations for the Little Journey app

Creating appealing content for our younger users is something we take very seriously at Little Journey; user engagement being crucial to the success of our patient-facing application. The new characters and animations have all been co-designed with children,...

Launch of the new Little Journey platform

Little Journey are delighted to announce the launch of their new platform, providing an enhanced and improved solution for healthcare organisations. The new platform has been developed following in-depth consultations with focus groups from sites already...

Little Journey Shortlisted for Prolific North Tech Award 2021

Little Journey is thrilled to be shortlisted for the “Best Healthtech Innovation” at the Prolific North Tech Awards 2021. Prolific North celebrates innovative tech, rewarding organisations that contribute to growth in the region. Little Journey’s CPO...

Little Journey wins at the PEN awards 2021

The Patient Experience Network awards are an established, national programme recognising best practice in patient experience across health and social care. Little Journey was the WINNER for Innovative use of Technology/Social/Digital Media; standing out...

Coronavirus YouTube videos success

Earlier this year, Little Journey worked with the Head of Insight and Feedback at NHS England, in partnership with NHS Test and Trace, to create child-directed videos explaining coronavirus and Covid-19 swab testing. The content was co-designed with the help...

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Case Study

Pre-operative anxiety affects 50-75% of children and is associated with worse physical and mental outcomes for the patient. Fifty percent of children develop negative post-hospital behavioural changes, such as separation anxiety and bed-wetting; 8% of these...

Twelve innovators selected to scale across England’s NHS with support from the NHS Innovation Accelerator

Little Journey is named one of 12 high impact innovations to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator in 2021.   Today, the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) announces the 12 innovators (‘Fellows’) and innovations selected to join its award-winning...

Virtual Reality in Healthcare: Toy or Tool?

The quality and usability of Virtual reality (VR) has been propelled forward, driven by the gaming industry. It’s commonly available on most smartphone devices and the creation of low-cost cardboard headsets mean it is now affordable to everyone. But in...

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