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Kooth Half Year Trading Update
Kooth Half Year Trading Update.
About this update from Kooth Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n25 July 2024\nKooth plc\n \n(\"Kooth\" or the \"Company\" or the \"Group\")\n \nHalf Year Trading Update\n \nKooth (AIM: KOO), a global leader in youth digital mental well-being, announces an unaudited trading update for the half year ended 30 June 2024.\n \nIn the US, which now accounts for approximately 70% of the Group's revenue, Kooth's service went live in California in January 2024, delivering its new app Soluna to ensure the best possible behavioral health care to the State's 13-25 year olds. Soluna was specifically highlighted by the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, during his 'State of the State' address in June 2024, citing its benefit in engaging more kids, earlier, in prevention and screening.\n \nFollowing six months of service in the State, Kooth has seen:\n· Sign-ups in every one of California's 58 counties\n· 53% of service users coming from communities most disproportionality impacted by health and economic inequalities\n· Higher engagement with self-guided therapy compared to existing geographies where Kooth operates\n· Positive feedback from youth engaging in coaching: 95% of service users would recommend Soluna to a friend\n \nThese points highlight the opportunity for Kooth's services to deliver health equality where it is commissioned. In addition to the Company's work in California, Kooth is nearing the launch of its partnership with Aetna Better Health to pilot its services in Illinois to support youth in low-income families that qualify for Medicaid. The company is continuing to deliver services in Pennsylvania and is engaging in contract extension negotiations. The Company has a strong pipeline of new business in the US and anticipates new contracts being signed in late 2024.\n \nIn the UK, Kooth remains NHS England's largest single access provider for mental health support for under 18s. This is despite challenging macro-economic conditions in the UK and the NHS more specifically which have been noted before, and the additional disruption caused by the UK General Election on 4 July 2024. Following the election of a Labour Government, which made plain its focus on mental health in both its manifesto and the recent King's Speech, Kooth believes that renewed focus will be placed on this impo...