PROJECT
WellHappy
FUNDING
£20,000 to date from NHS England
BACKGROUND
Kat Cormack says she can't really remember a time when she didn't suffer from mental health problems. "I've had mental health problems basically my entire life but it took a long time to get help and a diagnosis," she says. It's experiences like this that have powered the 24-year-old's determination to help others and led to her being the driving force behind an app that enables young people across London find the health services they need.
ACTION
The WellHappy app, which was launched a year ago, is aimed at young people aged 12 to 25, allowing them to find health services at the tap of a screen. Cormack, who now works for NHS England in London, worked with YoungMinds, the NHS and independent health service provider Living Well to develop the tool. Young people were involved every step of the way, she says.
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