The getUBetter app is now available for people across Leeds who are living with Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions.
The app rollout in Leeds is part of the West Yorkshire Healthy Working Life Programme which is supporting people who are economically inactive due to ill health to return to work or stay in work and remain economically active.
A walk-through of the getUBetter app
This video includes screenshots of the getUBetter app, so that organisations can be confident in supporting any members with the sign-up process.
Further resources and downloadable posters and leaflets have been developed to support organisations to raise awareness and share information to support people in using the app.
Benefits of the app:
This free app can help to support people with muscle, bone, and joint concerns more effectively and efficiently, and offers daily personalised and targeted self-management for all common MSK injuries and conditions.
- 24/7 support approved by local clinicians.
- Available via mobile app and through any web browser.
- Available in 14 languages and touch-to-speak.
- Easy to follow exercises.
- Advice on when to seek help from a GP.
- Access to local treatments and services.
- Support for managing persistent pain.
- Help when on a waiting list.
How to access the app:
Anyone registered with a GP Practice in Leeds can search for the getUBetter app in the app store of their mobile device and download it:
- By visiting app.getubetter.com in a web browser.
- By scanning one of the QR codes on posters and leaflets available in GP practices.
- Via community pharmacies across Leeds.
- Via a signpost from their GP.
The getUBetter app for people living with MSK: a webinar for community partners
100% Digital Leeds worked in partnership with Leeds GP Confederation to deliver a webinar with Lucia Dey, Head of Growth and Transformation.
The webinar gives organisations a first look at the getUBetter app and shares how patients can access the app in Leeds.
The webinar covers:
- More information about the rollout of the getUBetter app in Leeds
- More information about the features and benefits of the app
- How you can support people to download and use the app
- Information about what digital inclusion support is available across the city to signpost people to
Please note: Patients need an email address and a device to register. Once accessed, people can enter their home postcode and create an account to start using the app.
Supporting people with barriers to digital inclusion
Organisations can use 100% Digital Leeds’s Community Support Directory to identify where to signpost people to support with digital inclusion, such as accessing free wifi, devices, data sims, and digital skills support. Further resources to support people with digital health tools can be found on the 100% Digital Leeds Digital Inclusion Delivery Resources GoogleDrive.