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Chapter 14
Tools to help you plan and
support self care
Appendix 1
Useful resources
BestTreatments: www.besttreatments.co.uk
Helps patients make informed choices about treatments, based on the best available research
published in Clinical Evidence
Department of Health: www.dh.gov.uk/SelfCare
Provides guidance on how to support self care; with a wealth of evidence on the effectiveness
and cost effectiveness of self care support
Developing Patient Partnerships (DPP): www.dpp.org.uk
The DPP specialises in producing health education campaigns to encourage better communication
between the public and health professionals, helping people take control of their
health and access NHS service effectively
Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed
(DESMOND): www.cgsupport.nhs.uk and www.desmond-project.org.uk Aimed at people with diabetes but also useful for health professionals
DIPEx (Database of Individual Patient Experiences): www.dipex.org
Audio and video interviews with people describing their personal experiences of various
medical problems
DISCERN: www.discern.org.uk
Brief questionnaire that allows users to assess the quality of information on treatment
choices for health problems
Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE): www.dafne.uk.com
Expert Patients Programme: www.expertpatients.nhs.uk
Provides self care skills training to people with long term conditions
Family Doctor Books: www.familydoctor.co.uk
A resource for doctors and pharmacists to recommend to patients
Lab Tests Online UK: http://labtestsonline.org.uk
Provides information for patients and caregivers, relating to clinical laboratory tests that are
part of routine care, or used in the diagnosis or treatment of a broad range of conditions and
diseases
Medicines Partnership: www.concordance.org and www.medicines-partnership.org
Aims to put principles of concordance into practice
MEDLINE plus: http://medlineplus.gov
Provides authoritative health information from the US National Library of Medicine on over
600 diseases and conditions
National Library for Health: www.library.nhs.uk
A co-ordinated network of NHS library services and resources. Provides links and guidance
and guidelines, evidence-based and clinical databases, journals, books plus the contents of
the National electronic Library for Health – most resources are freely available
NHS Direct Interactive: available on Sky but soon to be available through Freeview
Digital TV service providing information on health, self care and NHS services
NHS Direct Online: www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
The NHS Direct Online service mirrors the NHS Direct phone service, providing information
online for patients and the public. It includes health news, information on healthy living and
common health problems, a guide to NHS services and information on conditions and
treatments
Patient Voices: www.patientvoices.org.uk
Patient Voices are ‘digital stories’ produced by Pilgrim Projects, that use video, audio, text
and music to convey patients’ stories. They ‘aim to touch the hearts of managers, clinicians
and others striving to improve the quality of health care’
Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB): www.pagb.org.uk
Working in Partnership Programme (WiPP): www.wipp.nhs.uk