All residents of Ayrshire and Arran can access free membership to a mobile app for personalised healthy habit coaching thanks to NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s partnership with Holly Health.
The Holly Health app can help you:
- reduce stress and anxiety;
- rebuild your relationship with food;
- increase exercise and movement; and
- get a better sleep.
Built by a team of psychology experts, Holly Health is a personalised digital coaching service that uniquely integrates intelligent, adaptive, engaging support across key physical and mental health behaviours for long-term behaviour change.
More than 12,000 people in Ayrshire and Arran have signed up already. Data from Holly Health* shows that patients using the app can benefit from strong health improvements by using the digital tool to support physical and mental health habit changes, with the goal of improving long-term health outcomes. And there has already been a reduction in the need for GP appointments from those using the app in Ayrshire and Arran.
An initial free six-month subscription with the Holly Health app is available immediately. After completing the first six months, subscribers will then be invited to a further free six-month subscription. The quickest way to sign up is to simply scan the relevant QR code for the area you live in (East, North or South Ayrshire) – all of them are available on NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s website. You can also look on your GP practice website – you do not need to book an appointment with your GP to access this free app.
Alexia Pellowe, Clinical Director, East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership, said: “We chose to partner with Holly Health because of the large-scale potential impact we can make across the entire region with respect to prevention and early intervention. It’s a really exciting opportunity for patients to take control and self-manage their own health – especially for those living with multiple long-term conditions.”
Background:
- *Up-to-date data from Holly Health shows outcome successes at 8 weeks and 6 months with improvements in:
- Energy levels
- Relationship with food
- Happiness
- Sense of purpose
- Sleep
And reductions in:
- Stress
- Anxiety
- Find out more and sign up: Holly Health App – NHS Ayrshire & Arran
- Anyone signing up to the app by September 2026 will have access for 12 months.