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******* app aims to boost young patient wellbeing

The family of a 24-year-old woman who ***** from ******* is helping to develop an app aiming to improve the wellbeing of young people with the ********.

Huddersfield-based charity the Ella Dawson Foundation is working with technology firm Careology to provide support to patients aged between 18-30.

Ms Dawson ***** in July 2021 two years after she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, with the charity set up in her memory the following month.

Her sister, Natasha Dawson, said Ella had been passionate about wellbeing throughout her ******* experience and would be “really proud” of the app.

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Natasha Dawson, pictured outside the Royal Marsden hospital, lost her sister Ella to ******* aged 24 [The Ella Dawson Foundation]

The Careology app allows ******* patients to manage and track symptoms and communicate with clinicians and healthcare providers.

The partnership will see the charity’s support embedded within the app for patients to use across the ***, beginning at specialist ******* hospital the Royal Marsden in London.

Ms Dawson, who works for the charity, said: “When you are told you have ******* in your teens or twenties, so many people think that they’re the only ones.

“Some people don’t have other people they’re aware of in that age group, and having these platforms to reduce that isolation and hear from other people and know you’re not alone is so powerful.”

The app’s support includes information about managing mental health, finding like-minded friends and providing exercise tips.

Paul Landau, app founder, said it came about five years ago after his wife’s ******* treatment led him to realise how “overwhelming” the journey was for patients.

“Careology was designed to better support someone going through ******* and then connect that person back to a broader support network,” he said.

“There’s around 2,300 teenage and young ****** diagnoses each year in the ***, so the aspiration is to support as many of those people as possible.”

Ms Dawson said the charity had supported 350 people since its launch two years ago.

Discussing her sister’s experience, she said: “When she was going through treatment she was very passionate about wellbeing, there are so many stories of her doing yoga and the consultant walking in.

“She wanted to live well to her last day and she didn’t find that there was tailored support for her at that time – that’s where the charity came about after she passed away.”

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