Student Health App

"We recommend that higher education institutions advertise the Student Health App and encourage its use."
Higher Education Policy Institute. The Invisible Problem — Improving Student Mental Health.
Educate your students about their health.
If your students are struggling with mental and physical health issues and your support services are strained, you can help undergraduates and postgraduates manage their health and signpost support with the FREE Student Health App.
The app is a trusted resource for anyone supporting students with their physical or mental health in the UK — from universities and colleges to student accommodation providers, NHS organisations, local authorities, mental health charities and private mental health practitioners.
Use the app at no cost to provide reliable health information at scale, promote safe self-care, and direct students to available services. As an optional add-on service, you can customise the app for your institution to increase your reach and make your service information more accessible.
The story of the Student Health App
We created the Student Health App at the request of student patients and nurses and doctors at the University of Bristol Students Health Service. Frustrated and sometimes worried by googling their symptoms, students asked if we could make reliable information available through a free app.
They wanted an app "faster and better than googling", "really easy to use...even after few drinks on a night out", and "working offline if we're out of data or somewhere with poor signal".
Developed with a team of 25 students and the University of Bristol Students Health Service team, we launched the Student Health App in 2016. The app has had over 100,000 downloads and has become the go-to digital student health resource in the UK.
In 2024, fulfilling strict inclusion criteria, the app was added to the new MIND App Library.
Use the Student Health App for free.
Provide the app to your students at no cost. Instantly deliver reliable health and wellbeing information and practical support - no sign-up or set-up. Just make your students and staff aware and invite them to download the app from the Apple App Store (iPhone) or Google Play (Android). No need to subscribe as an organisation.
Customise the app for your university or college.
Your university or college can subscribe to an (entirely optional) branded homepage and signposting page to make local information more easily accessible in one place. Connect students with resources and support at your institution or in your area. Reduce service pressures, give students a better experience — and showcase your support provision to interested parents.
CUSTOMISE APPS FOR YOUR UNIVERSITY
Improve key student and institutional outcomes.
The app aims to help you improve student health and wellbeing, prevent serious and significant events, and reduce avoidable pressure on your support services:
- Reduce significant events. Lessen the risk of complaints about lack of support, mental health crises and student suicide
- Retain students. Boost student wellbeing so they can achieve their best. Help students avoid resits and — at worst — dropping out.
- Offer students a better experience. Feel reassured that students always know where and how to get support if they need it — on and off campus, on placements, or during their year abroad.
Feel reassured about quality and safety.
- Quality content: Certified by the Patient Information Forum PIF Tick as a source of trusted health information
- Safe and secure: Approved by the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications (ORCHA). No sign-up required. No collection of personal data.
- Entirely free: Free download (full version) and free use by institutions. No advertising or in-app purchases.
Testimonials
"slick and professional"
"the appearance of the app is great and I like the tabs in the home page with all the topics"
"very clear and easy to understand"
"very well written and easy to use"
"I would recommend this to my friends. I think everyone should have access to quick medical info and this app helps with that!"
Student feedback
"There has never been a more crucial time for students to have access to reliable, safe, relevant health information. Students need to be able to access credible help fast. The Student Health App provides all of this, on a wide range of topics, from mental and sexual health through to emergencies and travel. They shouldn't leave home without it."
Dr Dominique Thompson, National Student Health Expert
Offer instant access to information and general advice.
The app offers 24/7 access to over 125 topics — even when offline — including:
- Mental health: Manage a crisis, low self-esteem, stress, depression, anxiety, self-harm and feeling suicidal.
- Emergencies: First aid, unconsciousness, asthma attack, burns, fainting, head injury, meningitis and sepsis, severe allergy.
- Love and Sex: Healthy relationships, sexual health, contraception, sexually transmitted infection, pregnancy, relationship abuse, sexual violence.
- Healthy Living: Wellbeing, healthy eating, staying active.
- Common symptoms: Covid-19, sleep problems, coughs and colds, tiredness, hay fever, dizziness, cancer.
- Head and chest: Headache, sore throat, cough, eye injury, ear infection, sinusitis, toothache.
- Abdomen: Abdominal pain, urine infection, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, piles.
- Skin: Healthy skin, spots (acne), moles, eczema, sweating, tattoos, piercings.
- Female health: Vaginal discharge, period problems, pelvic pain, breast lumps, cervical cancer.
- Male health: Testicular lumps, penis problems.
- Bone and Muscle: Neck and back pain, shoulder pain, sports injuries.
- Drink & Drugs: Alcohol, smoking, drug use, drug overdose.
- Travel: Travel preparation, vaccinations, what to pack, malaria, travel safety, sun safety, food and water safety.
- Safety: Personal safety, nights out, online safety, transport, cycle safety, safer driving, electrical safety, fire safety.
- Services: Navigating healthcare, international students, online health info, pharmacy, GP, A&E, emergency call.
- NHS support: Useful links when in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Who developed the app?
The Student Health App was developed in partnership with:
- 25 Students from the University of Bristol
- Doctors, nurses and counsellors at the University of Bristol Students' Health Service
- National topic experts and other experts in student health
- First Response Resuscitation & First Aid Training
Where can students download the app?
The app is free to download on the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Get in touch
Please contact us to express an interest in customisation, arrange a demo, ask for more information, or request promotional materials.
Page last reviewed: 31 May 2024