Innovation Team’s Post

It was exciting to hear Jac Fennell present recent research “The Power of a HUG” yesterday at the #UKDementiaCongress2023 in Birmingham. The presentation described the HUG by LAUGH collaboration with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in which 500 HUGs were trialled with people living with a variety of challenges including dementia, learning disabilities, autism, mental health issues and children with anxiety. Our thanks to Matthew Gwyn Lloyd and his team at ABUHB for the wonderful case study film highlighting the life changing benefits of HUG to individual users during the trial. Lynne Whistance Pobl Group Melanie Vale University of the West of England Cardiff Metropolitan University Story and Sons Oli Story Jodi Sanders Gillian Lever