Expert Patients Programme resources

Looking for printable copies of course manuals?

Would you like to be able to print out copies of some of the course tutor manuals and handbooks? We have copies of some of the manuals as PDFs. These electronic versions of the manuals can be stored on your computer, and printed out as many times as necessary.

The manuals are available to all NHS organisations (non NHS organisations require a licence from Stanford University), delivering DH EPP developed programmes provided that they:

• Ensure all tutors and trainers used to deliver the programme are accredited
• Register all tutors and trainers used to deliver the programme on the NRSM - Are all your tutors on the NRSM? Register tutors now
• Do not adapt, change or alter the content in anyway
• Participate in a yearly audit of EPP activity
• Use the programme for their own use only and do not pass it on to any other organisation 

Each manual costs £50.00 each (there is no VAT on these items)  

We have copies of the following items as PDFs:

• CDSMC (UK version) - Tutor manual. Version- EPPH/003/07/08
• CDSMC (UK Version) - Large print version (16, 24 or 36 font size)
• Wise Up - overview of CDSMP and Self Care for Clinical Staff
• Substance and Alcohol Misuse (SAM) - Tutor manual - waiting to be signed off
• Looking After Me (LAM) Care Givers - Tutor manual. Version-EPPD/001/07
• Supporting Parents - Tutor manual. Version-EPPF/001/07
• Persistent Pain Programme - Tutor manual
• Persistent Pain Programme - Participant handbook
• Persistent Pain Programme - Supporting preparation notes and lesson plan
• Forward Steps - Return to Work - Tutor manual
• New Beginnings, Mental Health - Tutor Manual. Version-EPPX/001/07
• Assessor information Pack - includes an Assessor Training DVD. Version-EPPI/012/09
• Lead Trainers Guide UK CDSMC - Version EPPJ/003/10
• Hindi CDSMC - Tutor manual
• Hindi CDSMC - Participants handbook
• Bengali CDSMC - Tutor manual
• Bengali CDSMC - Participants handbook
• Greek CDSMC - Tutor Manual
• Arabic CDSMC - Tutor manual
• Gujurati CDSMC - Tutor manual
• Punjabi CDSMC - Tutor manual
• Punjabi CDSMC - Participants handbook
• Turkish -CDSMC - Tutor manual

 To be able to open the manuals you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is a free program that you can download from the Adobe website. Don't worry, it is perfectly safe to download this program.

The small print:

Organisations ordering PDF copies of any manual agree:

• To pay a fee of £50.00 for supply of each manual in PDF form.
• The manuals are to be used for internal training and delivery purposes only and not to be passed to any third party.
• To ensure that all tutors trained to use these manual (or any other CDSMC manual or derivative) or are subsequently supplied with a copy of the manual are added to the National Register of Self-Management (NRSM).
• To ensure that any lead trainers, assessors and other trainers involved in training, assessments or supervision are registered on the NRSM
• To inform NRSM of numbers of all new tutors trained and issued with copies of the manual, this information to be updated each year.
• EPP CIC does not accept responsibility for any issues arising from the use of the manual.