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Get to the root of your poor sleep with Sleepio
The NHS Western Isles have partnered with Big Health to offer Sleepio, a clinically proven digital CBT programme for sleep problems and insomnia, to all residents through the
mPower project.Sleepio, is a fully automated, highly personalised 6-week digital sleep improvement programme based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), available via the web and a mobile companion app on iOS. Sleepio users interact with The Prof, their virtual sleep expert, who teaches them evidence-based skills via 6 weekly video sessions. Sleepio is backed by clinical evidence from 12 published RCTs and 37 published papers. Over 100,000 users have accessed Sleepio in the UK. Users report improved sleep quality, mental health, workplace wellbeing and productivity, as well as reduced usage of prescription sleep medication and over-the-counter sleeping aids. Sleepio is CE marked, validated by NICE, and is NHS approved and available to all NHS Western Isles patients through the using the linkĀ here.