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Most digital health innovations fail on the human layer.

Not the technology, but the untested user assumptions, the culture that wasn't ready, the team that couldn't lead what they built. 

We get that right before it costs you 18 months and a failed pilot.

The psychology and innovation expertise most digital health teams can't afford to hire.

5,000+
individuals supported directly, since 2018
200+
teams coached / supported, local to national scale
£2.5m+
in research & innovation grants captured
5
doctorates between the two founders
The difference

We formulate before we intervene, the step that separates symptom from cause, and reveals the solution beyond the problem.

Formulation is what Chartered Psychologists do, instead of arriving with a model to sell. We listen for what's missing in the narrative, the story your team tells about your users, your evidence, your implementation. We find the gap. Then we design something to close it.

Not a framework. Not a methodology deck. A diagnosis, built for your specific situation, by people who've done this at every scale, from an emerging tech startup to the national primary care digital transformation programme.

Founder, university spinout, or NHS innovation team,

the problem is usually the same. You have something real. You need it to work clinically, behaviourally, organisationally. And you can't afford 18 months finding out you built it wrong.

01The team

We don't just advise on digital health. We do it ourselves.

Two founders, both Psychologists, with five doctorates between them. We've led national programmes, published peer-reviewed research, and shipped our own award-winning digital health products into real health settings.

Founder & CEO
Dr Craig Newman
Chartered Clinical Psychologist · PhD Behavioural Economics · 23 years

Three doctorates spanning Clinical Psychology and Behavioural Econonomics - all with a common theme - digital innovation. A digital health innovator who has repeatedly shipped products into national and international health markets. Specialist in turning evidence into commercial product and accelerating teams at every scale, from ambitious founders to national policy leads. 

 

Craig was at the forefront of predicting what would work, which you can see for yourself in his 2016 TEDx talk.  

Clinical PsychologyBehavioural EconomicsHCPC · BPS
Research Director
Dr Cordet Smart
BPS Chartered Coaching Psychologist · Occupational Psychologist

Cordet is something of a research / methods virtuoso.  She has 9 degrees, a clinical background - and is working on her third doctorate. Yet, her experience is mostly applied - embedded evaluations, mixed methods research, leadership and national scale innovation and coaching. She has supervised and co-designed 200+ innovation evaluations at doctoral level, and co-led national scale innovation projects to success.

Social PsychologyOccupational PsychologyNIHR Research
Our MOST RECENT INNOVATION
Renurture
↑ Launched May 2026

A digital platform supporting recovery from relationship trauma after coercive or abusive relationships. Launched May 2026, following 18 months of real-world deployment and user feedback under its previous brand. A product that went through the full UXC loop, user research, behavioural validation, implementation redesign, rebrand, before it shipped again. This is what we mean by active innovators.

See it for yourself. 

02Work in the world

Things we helped ship. Each one started in discovery.

02

ACEmobile, dementia assessment with Prof John Hodges.

Worked with Professor John Hodges, creator of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination, to digitise and deploy ACEmobile, demonstrating reduced error rates and improved clinical efficiency in dementia assessment.

HSJ AwardNeuropsychology
03

NHS England, coaching the national digital transformation team.

3-year programme

Coached the NHS England team responsible for the UK's entire primary care digital transformation, including the national clinical lead, strategic, behavioural and team-development work where national policy meets implementation.

NHS EnglandNational scale
04

Devon Digital Accelerator, a Digital Innovation Award winner.

120+ teams

Designed the Devon Digital Accelerator for Devon NHS STP, a change model that helped 120+ primary care teams implement online consultation across an entire region. It went on to support the national blueprint during COVID.

Digital Innovation AwardDevon NHS STP
Bournemouth University, digital health spinout in progress.
Market validation complete. First version in development. A live example of the university model.
Active · 2025–26
Recognition

Award-winning for digital innovation, measurably.

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Psychological safety for someone to lead an intense project, and still come out sane at the other end.

Clinical lead After UXC coaching · NHS Quoted with the parent practice's permission
03The method

Three stages. One loop. Built to be re-run.

The U·X·C engine, User research, eXperience iteration, evidence-led Change. Not a linear process, a sprint cycle that keeps re-entering discovery.

Stage 01 · ~3 wks
User

Discover

Ethnographic research, jobs-to-be-done, behavioural diagnostics. We find out what's actually needed out there in the real world - clinically, operationally, behaviourally, before anyone touches a build.

Deliverables
  • Stakeholder map + power dynamics
  • Insight driven market evaluation research
  • Founder / Lead assessment  
  • 6-page memo, not a 60-slide deck
Stage 02 · ~6 wks
eXperience

Accelerate

Service blueprints, prototypes, founder coaching. Two-week sprints with real users in the loop from week one. Behavioural patterns built into the design itself, not retrofitted.

Deliverables
  • Hi-fi prototype, clinician /user / team tested
  • Service blueprint + roles
  • Weekly founder 1:1 coaching
  • Team formation in parallel (inl job design)
Stage 03 · ~3 wks
Change

Evidence

Implementation playbook, adoption metrics, evidence pack. The output that makes commissioners say yes, and clinicians actually use it past week six.

Deliverables
  • Project management / Change management 
  • Value Proposition / evidence pack outputs
  • REF-eligible academic outputs
  • Input to the next Discover loop
Every loop re-enters discovery, no waterfalls, ever. Full method
04Start here

Thirty minutes. No pitch deck. A written read within 48 hours.

The free discovery call is where we start. We'll diagnose where you are, name the next move, and tell you honestly whether we're the right fit, regardless of outcome.

Most people start here

Free 30-minute discovery call

No prep. No pitch deck from us. No CRM follow-up loop if it isn't the right fit. Just an honest conversation about where you are, what's in the way, and the next move, with a written read sent within 48 hours, whether or not we work together.

  • Duration30 min · video
  • WithDr Craig Newman / Dr Cordet Smart (needs based)
  • PrepNone, just show up
  • Follow-upWritten read · 48h
  • CostFree
Book the 30-min call
The Formulation£750

A 90-minute needs assessment with both Psychologists, delivering a two-page (min.) written formulation of your challenge, current state, maintaining factors, untapped resource, and a first-pass intervention.

Particularly useful if you're

Mapping a methodology to cite in a grant · Building a roadmap for board sign-off · Preparing a business case before a full engagement · A referred client who already wants something substantive.

Book the Formulation
"My experience of UXC has been fantastic, very different from previous support. The approach has been inviting, playful and impactful."
SME Lead · after UXC team coaching
Engagements typically run 6–18 months. Pricing is bespoke and discussed in the discovery call. We are confident we beat most SE consultancies, with an impact profile that wins too.