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We help public health teams move from reactive services to population-level prevention powered by trusted digital tools.

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Scalable prevention without increasing workforce pressure

Enable frontline teams to signpost residents to safe health and care technologies that support self-management, behaviour change and early intervention — extending support beyond appointments.

Reduce health and care inequalities through inclusive digital access

Provide accessible, inclusive and quality-assured digital tools that support Core20PLUS5 priorities, underserved communities, rural populations and residents who may not engage with traditional services.

Demonstrate measurable impact across population health

Access real-time analytics on uptake, engagement and behaviour change to support public health reporting, commissioning decisions, Better Care Fund objectives, and ICS prevention strategies.

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Delivering Scalable Prevention, Health Equity & Measurable Impact

Local authorities are under increasing pressure to deliver prevention at scale, reduce health and care inequalities, and demonstrate measurable impact — without increasing workforce demand.

ORCHA provides councils with a clinically assured digital health app library, enabling safe, governed and scalable digital public health solutions aligned to local priorities including smoking cessation, weight management, mental wellbeing, adult neurodiversity and living well in later life.

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The Public Health & Local Authority Challenge

  • Rising demand for prevention and early intervention services
  • Persistent health and care inequalities across communities
  • Workforce capacity constraints across council and NHS partners
  • Lack of governance around recommending health and care apps
  • Unregulated digital marketplace creating clinical and reputational risk
  • Increasing expectations to evidence impact across population health management programmes
  • Inconsistent delivery of Making Every Contact Count (MECC)

Traditional services alone cannot meet the scale of demand

Digital public health must be safe, inclusive, measurable and aligned to local priorities.

How ORCHA Supports Public Health Teams

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Curated App Collections Aligned to Local Priorities

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Public-Facing Branded Digital Library

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Staff Training & Implementation Support

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Ongoing Impact Reporting

The ORCHA Solution

A Clinically Assured Public Health Digital Library

ORCHA provides a fully reviewed, quality-assessed health app library tailored to your council’s priorities.

Aligned to:

NHS Long Term Plan

Core20PLUS5

MECC frameworks

Local Health & Wellbeing Strategies

Adult Social Care and Better Care Fund priorities 

Digital Health Technology collections

Every app is independently reviewed for clinical safety, data privacy, accessibility and usability. Your library can include the below treatment areas for targeted care and outreach.

Smoking cessation apps

Weight management & NHS Weight Loss Plan

Mental health & neurodiversity support

Living well in later life

Physical activity & sleep tools

Support for long-term conditions

Embedding Digital into MECC & Prevention Pathways

ORCHA enhances Making Every Contact Count (MECC) by giving staff instant access to safe digital tools during everyday conversations. Public health teams can:

  • Embed digital signposting across health improvement services
  • Support behaviour change between appointments
  • Extend campaigns with branded public-facing digital libraries
  • Improve consistency across council, ICS and voluntary sector partners
  • Increase resident activation and self-management

This drives:

  • Increased digital signposting across settings
  • Higher engagement in prevention programmes
  • Improved reach to underserved groups

Governance, Assurance & Risk Reduction

Residents are already using thousands of wellbeing apps — but councils lack a safe way to recommend them.

ORCHA provides:

  • Independent app assessment and accreditation
  • Information governance alignment
  • Audit trails and accountability
  • A single, consistent standard across services

     

We give councils a safe, governed way to recommend trusted digital support tools.

Data, Analytics & Population Health Insights

ORCHA provides actionable analytics on:

  • Library visits and app downloads
  • Demographic engagement
  • Campaign performance
  • Behaviour change indicators

Helping Directors of Public Health, Commissioners and Intelligence Leads demonstrate:

  • Prevention impact
  • Equality objectives
  • Commissioning value
  • System-wide demand reduction

Case Studies

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Scaling Prevention Through Trusted Digital Health with Staffordshire County Council

Our five‑year partnership with ORCHA reflects Staffordshire County Council’s commitment to using trusted digital apps to promote healthy living and support the mental health of children and young people.

Lucy Gratton Commissioning Officer for Public Health and Prevention, Staffordshire County Council
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Tackling diabetes differently: Empowering a population through digital health

Since 2022, ORCHA’s work within Rochdale Place has centred on direct-to-population initiatives supporting long-term conditions and mental health across the primary care system.

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Tackling diabetes differently: Empowering a population through digital health

Public Health Dorset partnered with ORCHA to launch a targeted Children and Young People’s Digital Health Campaign, hosted on a dedicated landing page within the Our Dorset App Library.

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Why Councils choose ORCHA

The global leader in digital health assessment and distribution

38,000+

digital health assessments

90+

health systems across 20+ countries

625k+

patient referrals made

Trusted by digital health innovators

Mind
P2U
Headspace
Kardia
Holland
Kooth
Pfizer
Staffordshire Council
NHS
Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care

Ready to scale prevention safely?

Discover how a clinically assured digital health library for local councils can help you reduce inequalities, strengthen MECC delivery and demonstrate measurable prevention impact.

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