Playphysio News

Over the past few months, I’ve had the invaluable opportunity to participate in Innovate UK’s Design for Growth programme — and I wanted to share just how transformative this experience has been!

Parenting a child with a chronic respiratory condition creates significant psychological burdens that extend beyond medical management. Research reveals how these challenges manifest in mental health outcomes, family dynamics, and treatment adherence.

Chronic respiratory diseases impose substantial financial and societal burdens on pediatric populations, with cystic fibrosis (CF), non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB), primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), and asthma disproportionately affecting children’s health systems, families, and national economies. Emerging data reveal that families of children with CF face median monthly costs of £825 in the UK[1], while asthma [...]

Low patient adherence to respiratory treatments doesn't just affect health outcomes—it deeply impacts the well-being of healthcare professionals (HCPs) who face daily challenges in managing these conditions. Research highlights how this issue fuels burnout, erodes job satisfaction, and creates cycles of frustration that ripple through care teams.

Why Chronic Pediatric Care Needs Play-Centered Solutions For children managing chronic conditions—from diabetes to cystic fibrosis—healthcare isn't just about treatments. It's about sustaining quality of life through years of routines that can feel isolating, scary, or monotonous.

Yesterday, I discussed the hidden power of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in healthcare innovation, highlighting its potential to create win-win-win scenarios for patients, innovators, and healthcare providers. The core message was that involving patients meaningfully leads to better health outcomes, more effective products, and increased efficiency within the healthcare system. Now, let's bring this [...]

Last week I was invited to attend HETTNorth by NHS England as a Patient Representative and take part in a roundtable discussion. It was clear to me that Public Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in healthcare / innovation is often seen through different lenses by various stakeholders. Patients appreciate having their voices heard, yet they...

I'm excited to share some wonderful news with you all today. I have been accepted into the prestigious NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Program, an opportunity that marks a significant milestone in both my personal and professional journey. The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Program is renowned for its dedication to nurturing innovation within the healthcare sector, offering unparalleled [...]

We wanted to share some exciting news with you all- we've just been certified with ISO 13485:2016! For those of you who may not know, this is an international standard for medical device quality management systems. Basically, it means we've gone through a rigorous evaluation process to ensure that our products and services meet the [...]

In 1996, 8 September was designated as World PT Day. The day marks the unity and solidarity of the global physiotherapy community. It is an opportunity to recognise the work that physiotherapists do for their patients and community. If you know a physiotherapist, why not buy them a coffee to celebrate! If you'd like more info about this special day you [...]

When you embark on a building a business or a new venture there are lots of new things to learn. It can be incredibly daunting when you start to realise the sheer volume of things you just don't know. For example, if you're a product person, you may not be comfortable with accounting and business [...]

Will, founder and CEO of Playphysio certainly believes that they can. He remembers the daily arguments with his daughter over exactly what the respiratory physiotherapist had told her to do that week. His families daily routine of confusion over how many blows and the type of blows she’d done into her OPEP therapy device, are [...]

Last week was busy one for me, with two invitations to present. One at Gamification Europe 2019 in Berlin, and the other at Cambridge University's Judge Business School. I think I'll have to return to Berlin another time to find the famous Christmas markets, the Brandenburg gate etc, as I was rather pre-occupied! I haven't [...]

Will is going to be sharing his story about Playphysio at Gamification Europe 2019 this December in Berlin. He's being joined by a whole host of gamification industry experts. Gamification Europe is the place to be for anyone interested in the use of #gamification. Want to join in? Visit https://gamification-europe.com/ #GEU19 for more information. The [...]

Allia announces the Future20! Twenty exciting companies looking to change the world. We have some very exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that we have been chosen as one of the Future 20! We’ve joined a new incubator programme from @Allia Future Business Centre along with 19 other startups who are tackling the #GlobalGoals and [...]

You may spend 3630 hours (or 453 working days) continuously entertaining your child to encourage them whilst they do their physiotherapy treatment. Is this reasonable?

We're super excited to reveal the news that Playphysio was featured on this evenings episode of The One Show on the BBC! Roving reporter Anita Rani explains how projects funded by Comic Relief grants are changing the lives of chronically sick children as part of this years build up to Red Nose Day 2019!

Comic Relief reached out to Playphysio to help raise awareness of Red Nose Day on Friday March 15th this year. We were very pleased to be able to help explain how one Comic Relief grant is changing the lives of children around Cambridge.

In December 2017 Will Jackson of Playphysio was nominated to apply for a fellowship from a brand new, two year programme – A Million Realities.

We are very excited to announce that Addenbrookes Respiratory Department in Cambridge UK are calling for volunteers to take part in a trial of Playphysio® mobile games and our myPhysioPal™ monitor. Are you interested in taking part?

We're absolutely delighted to announce that Playphysio has been awarded a grant from the Comic Relief and Paul Hamlyn Foundation in the 'Tech for Good' program!

The James Lind Alliance was established in 2004 with the aim of setting various priorities for people managing chronic medical conditions. It is particularly interesting because its defines priority lists from a shared view from patients, carers and clinicians. We believe that Playphysio addresses three of these ten priorities! The top ten priorities for Cystic [...]

Playphysio is a member of the 'Serious Impact' incubator run by Allia in Cambridge. Allia invited me to take part in VentureFest East 2017 at Newmarket Racecourse Cambridgeshire, in the 'Meet the Future' session. Representing Playphysio I pitched to VentureFest East attendees for the award 'Impact Entrepreneur 2017'.

Playphysio has won a High Commendation award in Medtech Startup category for our gamification of respiratory physiotherapy from the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards.

On 27th June 2017 we set up our demos and presentation at Bates Wells Braithwate LLP at their London office ready for the Stephen Lloyd Awards finale event.

Welcome! After months of work, meetings, fund raising and planning, we're excited to release our website! We look forward to sharing news of our progress, myPhysioPal product updates and details about our upcoming games.