The CLIENT 
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Gwent, Wales
Main contact: Jackie Williams, Senior Public Health Practitioner
Challenge 
Promote and protect the mental health of the local Health Board population
Provide effective, evidence-based program that empowers self-management
Ensure easy accessibility of mental health tools to the local Health Board population
Easily access engagement and outcome data
Solution 
Digital therapeutic Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program
Evidence-based with clinically proven results
Program available instantly upon registration and on-demand
Dashboard of data analytics with clear success and effectiveness measurements
Outcomes 
Outstanding outcomes and testimonials
46% reduction in depression
46% reduction in anxiety
34% reduction in stress
Instant digital therapeutic support, enabling 24/7 access and empowering self-management
Reporting on real-time engagement and outcome data
“The evidence base behind Be Mindful is highly reassuring. For us as a public health team, evidence and evaluation are key, so being able to look at the data ourselves in real-time on the management portal, as well as the published research studies, is hugely valuable.”
Participant Feedback
Jan
Program Participant
Paul
Program Participant
Steve
Program Participant
“I found the course very beneficial. I continue to use it daily and when I have trouble sleeping. Some weeks I didn't feel like logging on or I found no time. It's easy and simple to pick up where you left off and continue your Mindfulness journey. Thank you, I continue to make positive changes to the way I react to situations.”
Christy
Program Participant
Summary
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Gwent, serving a population of over 500k. Due to the significant impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health and wellbeing, ABUHB wanted to make available an evidence-based resource that could help people protect and improve their mental wellbeing.
In January 2021, ABUHB's Public Health team launched a mental-wellbeing resources website, Melo, to provide a central point of access for a range of self-help resources and programs to help improve and protect mental health and wellbeing. The aim was to make information, advice and resources easily and instantly accessible to the population to help them help themselves and self-manage their symptoms.
Prior to commissioning Melo an evidence review was conducted, with a sound evidence base being essential for adopted tools. Evidence-based approaches then sought for inclusion were identified as CBT, mindfulness and ACT. The Be Mindful MBCT program was selected from the NHS England list of evidence-based apps and for the strength and quality of the published research behind it.
Melo provides information, advice and free self-help resources and programs, with individuals able to self-enrol onto Be Mindful via the Melo website. Local health professionals are made aware of the Be Mindful program and can signpost to it if they consider their patients would benefit from it. Program completers have seen significant improvements in levels of anxiety, stress and depression and provide extremely positive ratings and testimonials.
The management portal and dashboard have provided a unique and unexpected benefit to the Public Health team. Real-time participant engagement and outcome results are available instantly to staff without data having to be requested. The Wellmind Health platform also delivers full data security compliance.
“The Wellmind Health team is very responsive if we have any queries and is supportive of our needs. They recently helped at short notice to make amends to wording on promotional materials ahead of a promotional event, which was extremely successful thanks to their input.”
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