Mobile App Development

Regional Anaesthesia UK

Insight

The Challenge

RA-UK relied on a printed manual to give members guidance on ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia. A resource that needed to stay current with evolving clinical best practice. Every update meant a full reprint, which was slow, costly, and left members working from information that could quickly go out of date. RA-UK needed a way to keep their guidance accurate and accessible without reprinting every time something changed.

Services

App Development
App Maintenance
Branding
Project Management
UI Design

How

The Solution

We designed (with the help of Hug) and built a native iOS and Android app that replaced the printed manual entirely.

The key content sits behind a paid membership plan, giving RA-UK a new revenue stream alongside the educational offering. Members get instant access to up-to-date guidance on their phone, structured by anatomy and block type, rather than a static document that ages the moment it's printed.

Behind the scenes, we built RA-UK a custom admin area so their team can update content, add new procedures, and correct guidance themselves along with managing users. No reprint, no waiting on a developer, no version control headaches. What used to be a print production job is now a five-minute task.

View App

Increased Member Engagement

No more reprint costs

No more distribution delay to our members

Smaller Carbon Footprint

1,800+ members worldwide

Testimonials

Happy Clients

We at Regional Anaesthesia UK (an educational charity aimed at doctors interested in ultrasound guided pain interventions) contracted CO-LAB to convert an educational paper textbook into an interactive app aimed at bringing transformation of our society. The resulting app was excellent with up-to-date content and delivery with a streamlined download delivery direct to its members.

CO-LAB were brilliant to work with, understanding the brief and building a highly professional and usable digital version of our textbook, along with a user backend that fit our needs perfectly. Timelines were achieved and they have established an excellent support package to keep us up and running, and we wouldn't hesitate to work with them again in the future.

Simeon West - RA-UK Webmaster

Step 1

Intro Call

Kick off call to discuss your requirements and check if we are the right agency for you.

Step 2

Discovery & Scope

This is a deep dive into the business and your current set up so we can identify pain points and how we can help solve them. We also outline goals and what will be delivered. This is a written proposal we can review before starting the project.

Step 3

Direction & Design

We partner with you to decide on a design direction that stays consistent with your overall brand and focuses on your customer. When this is decided we move onto high fidelity mock ups that we can amend until you are happy.

Step 4

Development

This is the longest part of the process where we bring your new design to life and begin to build your site in a test environment. You will be able to review the website on a test url and make any minor tweaks.