digital mental health technologies

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Professor Anthony Harnden, chair of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
28 January 2026

MHRA issues guidance for people using mental health apps

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published guidance on using mental health apps and digital tools.
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Lawrence Tallon, chief executive at MHRA
1 December 2025

MHRA and NICE secure £2m for digital mental health tech project

The MHRA and NICE have secured £2m to continue its joint work around the regulation and evaluation of digital mental
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10 October 2025

How lived experience is shaping mental health tech

On World Mental Health Day, this powerful episode of Unplugged focuses on including the patient voice in developing mental health
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Dr Cynthia Bullock, director, healthy lives at Innovate UK
12 September 2025

£3.6m awarded for XR digital mental health solutions

Innovate UK has awarded £3.6m to 17 extended reality (XR) projects to create immersive digital mental health therapeutics.
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Dale Greenwood, NHS clinical and strategic programme lead for North East London Mental Health Support Teams
10 September 2025

Digital support is critical to tackle the children’s mental health crisis

Investing in digitally-powered prevention could change the outlook for children and young people's mental health, writes Dale Greenwood
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woman looking at smartphone
4 February 2025

Guidance launched to ensure safety of digital mental health tech

The MHRA has issued guidance to help manufacturers ensure that digital mental health technologies are effective, reliable and safe.
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14 January 2025

Digital Health Unplugged: The future of mental health technology

This episode of Digital Health Unplugged features Holly Coole from the MHRA discussing the regulation of digital mental health technologies.
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Mental health app
19 September 2024

Digital mental health technologies could save NHS time, says NICE

Recommended digital therapies for mental health conditions could free up thousands of NHS therapists' hours, according to the NICE.
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MHRA NICE collab - dmht
17 May 2024

Patients prefer DMHT to be ‘part of wider treatment package’, says report

Research commissioned by MHRA and NICE found that patients believe digital mental health technologies should be used alongside other treatments.
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