Professional-grade care tools.
Built for every family.
Navigating care in the UK is complex, fragmented, and overwhelming. The tools and knowledge that exist are locked inside healthcare organisations, local authorities, and specialist advisors. Most families cannot access them.
The Caring App exists to change that. We take the tools, knowledge, and coordination capability that professionals use every day, and put them directly in the hands of families who need them most, at exactly the moment they need them.
Phil Neilson
Founder, The Caring App
Built by someone who's seen both sides
It shouldn't be this hard.
Phil Neilson is the founder of The Caring App. He's Director of Digital, Data and Technology at a UK healthcare organisation, and previously co-founded AVERio, a care technology business.
“I've spent years on the inside of healthcare businesses. I know what's possible. And I know that most families never get access to any of it, not because the system doesn't care, but because nobody's ever made it accessible. That's what this is.”
The Caring App is Phil's attempt to close that gap. To build something that genuinely helps - not another app that looks good and solves nothing.
What we believe
Three things. We don't compromise on any of them.
Honest
We tell you what you're actually entitled to, not what's easy to explain.
Human
Built for people in difficult moments, not for healthcare administrators.
Practical
Every feature earns its place by making something easier for real carers.
Get in touch
We read every message.
Questions, feedback, ideas, frustrations - all welcome.
hello@thecaring.app