Scalable immersive interventions for depression and anxiety

Tend helps people access effective and affordable mental health support anywhere at any time, by delivering evidence-based virtual reality (VR) programmes designed for population scale impact.

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It was amazing! Honestly I came in quite sceptical, because I haven't found a lot of techniques to be helpful, but I was blown away by this.

Mind Study Participant

NHS Real World Deployment Results

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85.4%

Treatment completion, vs 61% NHS GSH

73.2%

Reliable improvement, vs 67% NHS GSH

6 Points

PHQ-9 and GAD-7 mean reduction

Tend NHS Step 2 Clinical Outcomes, Data Updated 01.05.2026. Comparison figures shown are NHS Talking Therapies Guided Self Help (GSH) Benchmarks.

Who We Support

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NHS & Public Health

Tend’s digital-first, community delivered programme is helping to deliver the NHS’s 10 year plan, today. Within NHS Talking Therapies services we’re achieving outstanding results, at 2-5 times cheaper than equivalent talking therapies.

Tend for NHS

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Voluntary & Community

Our partnerships with voluntary, community and social enterprise groups reach people who may never access NHS Talking Therapies. Together, we’re putting accessible mental health tools into the hands of those who need it the most.

Tend for VCSE

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Direct

We will soon offer Tend VR-MBI for direct purchase, working with a partner to ensure all necessary clinical checks are in place. If you're interested, send us a message through our Contact Us form and we'll be in touch.

Tend Direct

How Tend Works

Tend VR-MBI (Virtual Reality Mindfulness-Based Intervention) exists to deliver safe and effective interventions that can be rolled out rapidly at population scale, and at a fraction of the cost of traditional therapies.

Our mission is to put quality mental health care in the hands of as many people as possible, helping individuals to recover and communities to flourish.

More About Tend

Tend is an adaptation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, using the immersive power of virtual reality to lower the barriers to entry for mindfulness-based interventions.

Delivered through a Meta Quest VR headset over eight 45-minute sessions, Tend can be accessed in a clinical, community or at-home setting.

Users also receive access to Tend’s mobile app, with simple exercises and mindfulness practices to support wellbeing.

Tend is the world's first VR adaptation of MBCT. We've tested Tend across six pilot and feasibility studies with 12–75 participants, and over 250 people have completed the course with zero reliable deterioration in all studies

The first time I did the [Tend] breath ball exercise, it was just transformative for me. I couldn't believe how much that has transformed my life.

Charlie, NHS Patient

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"Virtual reality mindfulness transformed my life."

BBC journalist Seb Cheer visited Tend's first NHS deployment in the North East and met patient Charlie Jenkinson, who described the life-changing effect of Tend.

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ITV News feature about Tend being used successfully by users

Our pilot programme in Wales, covered by ITV, demonstrated how Tend VR-MBI can be a comprehensive, scalable and cost-effective solution to improve the mental health of underserved individuals in Welsh communities.

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Article about Tend from Health Innovation East

Health Innovation East, one of the health innovation networks tasked with delivering innovation in the NHS, worked with Tend as part of the UKRI-funded mindset grant programme, and produced this report about Tend.