MySelf Healthcare is an app currently being piloted in schools that aims to be adopted by the NHS.
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MySelf Healthcare
Children with speech and language difficulties often spend too long waiting for support. This app addresses that.
1.9 million children within the UK have speech and language difficulties. This impacts far more than a child's ability to communicate. Children with unaddressed communication challenges struggle to engage in the classroom, build friendships, and develop the foundations for adult life. Failing to provide early intervention leads to alarming outcomes. Data shows that communication barriers affect 88% of long-term unemployed young men, while between 60-80% of the UK prison population faces similar challenges.
Access to therapy is limited, waitlists are long, and the window for early intervention closes faster than the system can respond.
Fiona McCormick is a speech and language therapist who saw the gap from the inside. She built MySelf Healthcare to ensure the weeks spent waiting for a clinic appointment were not weeks lost, and that progress continues to happen at home or at school between sessions.
“My hope is that children with speech, language and communication needs can continue making progress while they are waiting for support or between therapy sessions. MySelf Healthcare is designed to ensure that progress continues, even when one-on-one support is not available.”
MySelf Healthcare delivers structured, interactive speech and language therapy exercises directly to families at home, tailored to the child's individual needs. Visual timetables, adaptive difficulty levels, and progress tracking keep children engaged and parents informed.
Despite consistent interest from NHS organisations, piloting and adoption have been challenging to navigate so far. But MySelf Healthcare has made major progress getting piloted in and adopted by schools. The evidence that this app is building will push it towards its goal of supporting all children and families who need it.
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Fiona McCormick
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Fiona McCormick is a specialist speech and language therapist with the North East London NHS Foundation Trust, where she works with deaf children. She is also a member of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Throughout her career in the field, she has practised at Central London Community Healthcare and London North West Healthcare NHS Trusts, working across primary and secondary schools, specialist resource provisions and preschool clinics. In 2022, she founded Happy Chatty Speech Therapy, an independent service supporting schools and families across London.
