What are the aims of the training package? |
- To support the development of self care awareness and skills that can be
used to encourage patients to self care more effectively.
- To explain the policy context of self care within the NHS.
- To develop a local strategy that supports self care within the practice.
- To help reduce consultations rates by improving self care behaviours
in patients.
- To promote a coordinated approach utilising the wide range of skills within
the primary care team.
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Who will the training benefit? |
| Everyone who wants to encourage self care behaviour in their patients. |
| What does the training offer? |
| An opportunity for the primary care team to work together to develop a self-care culture specifically tailored to the needs of their practice and their patients. |
| What format does the training take? |
Three training workshops, which will last about 2–3 hours each, held over 6–12 months.
- Workshop 1 – developing a vision for self care and identifying how to
implement it in your practice.
- Workshop 2 – choosing interventions and promoting self care as a practice.
- Workshop 3 – reviewing progression on establishing a culture that
supports self care.
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| What materials are available? |
The resources available as part of the training package include:
- ‘Supporting Self Care in Primary Care’ by Ruth Chambers, Gill Wakely,
Alison Blenkinsopp (Radcliffe Publishing)
- slide kit on self-care policy
- educational tools and resources.
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