Insurer-focused rehabilitation business Corporé has become the first company to provide the digital tool SilverCloud to the general insurance market.
SilverCloud is a digital mental health treatment platform that Corporé will use to manage the psychological impact on injured parties sustained as a result of accidents, including road traffic accidents. This includes anxiety, positive body image (eg, following amputations) and travel phobia.
The NHS already uses SilverCloud extensively, but for the first time it is becoming available in personal injury for insurance customers, and will be offered as part of their rehabilitation plan following an accident, where appropriate.
Mark Stirrup, managing director of Corporé, a handl Group business, said: “For all injuries, particularly serious ones, physical treatment has historically been the priority for rehabilitation services, but good quality psychological support, which SilverCloud delivers, enables a patient to recover quicker with a better overall clinical outcome.”
Corporé acts as a representative for insurers. It works with clinicians to prepare a rehabilitation plan for each injured party which is then approved and paid for by the insurer, Stirrup explained.
“Treatments may be either ‘supported’ with a clinician (such as a physiotherapist, nurse or occupational therapist) overseeing the whole process, or ‘unsupported’ for more minor psychological support.”
“SilverCloud can be used as a replacement for, or in addition to, traditional treatments, or prescribed once physical treatment has concluded as a support mechanism.”
“Digital treatments such as SilverCloud are proven to increase injured parties’ engagement due to convenience of access (not appointment bound and can be accessed anywhere across multiple platforms), an increased sense of control and remov