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We regularly update the website with new pages, resources and publications for download, events of interest to self management trainers, links to Government consultation papers and interesting and relevant news items from the National media. Make sure you bookmark this page (just press Ctrl and D at the same time) and visit regularly. You can make http://www.selfmanagement.co.uk/ your home page if you like - go to Tools > Internet Options > General

Charity website, www.healthtalkonline.org, supported by the Department of Health and based at the University of Oxford, would like to interview people about the subjects below.

They want to know how your experiences affect your life. The aim is to help others in a similar situation by sharing this information.

The want to hear about :

Experiences of conditions which threaten women’s lives in pregnancy and childbirth
Experiences of family, friends and relatives of people with serious life-limiting illness
Patients’ Experiences of treatment for Penile Cancer
Children, young people and parents’ experiences of clinical trials
Experiences of living with Asthma
Family members and friends who care for people with MS
Experiences of giving up smoking
Long term users of urinary catheters

If you are interested, please call Francie on 01865 289 328 or email Francie.smee@phc.ox.ac.ukand she will send you a patient information pack explaining all about the research project with no obligation to take part.

NEW! Kate Lorig at Careum Congress 2010

Watch a video of Kate Lorig's presentation 'Self-Management a 30 year history' and download an abstract of her key note speech at Careum Congress November 2010 in Zurich

Download an abstract of her presentation : Self Management a 30 year history Kate Loring November 2010
Watch a video of the presentation on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaYPjYjFZD4

Find other Self Care resources in our Resource Library

Making the case for self care education

A NEW evidence based analysis tool to help make the local business case for self care education from the Department of Health and Expert Patients Programme CIC

There have been many published articles that demonstrate that the use of self care training for people with long-term health conditions is effective both in terms of saving money and increasing quality of life. However, these savings are normally expressed in terms of the trial on which the evidence has been found.

The Department of Health, in collaboration with Expert Patients Programme CIC, have developed a new tool to help make the local business case for self care education. This model allows the published findings to be calculated for given GP practices, PCTs, SHAs or GP commissioning pathfinders with their own characteristics in terms of current service levels, prevalence of the long term condition and costs. It does not give a guarantee savings will be achieved, rather an indication of the costs and benefits that research suggests are likely. The tool, based on an excel workbook, contains default costs and benefits of self care courses based on public research. It also allows data based on local knowledge and circumstances to be entered to check where the breakeven point is. It can suggest the most cost effective way of providing self care education based on local population characteristics and total budget available.

EPPCIC and the Department of Health expect that this new evidence based modelling tool, will help stimulate demand for self care education courses, both generic and disease specific, by providing commissioners with an evidence based business case, tailored for their area – with information about costs and cost savings based on local circumstances.

The tool uses information on GP consortia known to the Department of Health in autumn 2010, but allows the user to “input a revised GP consortia configuration”. Details of the research used are available by clicking on the ‘references’ section in the excel workbook. There are two documents to download, a detailed user guide and the excel workbook which is the actual analysis tool.

It is probably best to open the user guide first as there may be some settings that have to be changed on your computer to ensure that the macros in the model work correctly.

Open the user guide: Self Care Local Business Case Tool User Guide
Open the Analysis tool: Making the Case for Self Care Education

Newly published papers, resources and research

You can download copies of all the papers listed below, and previously published papers and research documents from the Published Papers page in the Resource Library

Managing Sickness and Absence in the NHS - The Audit Commission - Health Briefing
Measuring Impact in Health Improvement - The Local Government Group
Route Map for Sustainable Health - NHS Sustainable Development Unit
Recognised, Valued and Supported: Next Steps for the Carers Strategy - Cross Government Publication
Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our Strategy for Public Health in England - Government White Paper
Summary of the NHS White Paper, ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ by Sally Cavanagh of Qismet
NHS Resources and Reform, Response to the White Paper 'Liberating the NHS' and the 2010 Spending Review from The Nuffield Trust
Liberating the NHS: legislative framework and next steps - government response to the consultation process
A summary of the working relationship between EPP CIC and the Department of Health
Improving Care for People with long Term Health Conditions - Department of Health
Incentivising wellness: improving the treatment of long-term conditions by The Policy Exchange
Commissioning Mental Wellbeing: A leadership Brief for Boards and Senior Managers by The University of Central Lancashire

New resources published this month :

Department of Health - E Learning Tools. A series of E- Learning tools to support the NHS and Social Care workforce deliver improved care to people living with Long Term Conditions. Visit the Self Care Resources page in the Resource Library to download the toolkits

Have you say, current consultations

Healthy lives, healthy people: Consultation on the funding and commissioning routes for public health - respond by 31st March 2011

This consultation explores the proposed funding and commissioning routes for public health, including the ring-fenced budget provided to local authorities. The consultation closes on 31 March 2011, after which a summary of responses received will be published. Find more details on the Published Papers page or visit: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_122916

New events, opportunities and conferences for Self Management tutors and trainers

YouthHealthTalk.org are looking for creative young volunteers to contribute to Youthhealthtalk and a new social network MyYouthhealthtalk

Thousands of young people visit the site every month looking for more than medical facts; the site features clips of real people talking openly about their experiences of a range of health conditions which help the viewer understand how these conditions will affect their lives. For more information visit the Opportunities page or email: jo.kidd@dipex.org.uk

EPP CIC are looking for Volunteer facilitators for their online course

For further information contact Christine Sherringham at christine.sherringham@eppcic.co.uk or call 0207 922 7864

New and updated pages on selfmanagement.co.uk

Caring With Confidence

We have created a new Caring With Confidence section of the website where you can find links to the Carers Training Programme, Resources for training providers, course materials downloads, End of Life course materials and self-study distance learning workbooks

Quality Institute for Self Management Education & Training

Qismet is the independent certificating body for organisations providing self management and self care programmes. Set up in 2009, QISMET'S role is to provide external verification and certification that self management education and training programmes are organised and delivered to the highest possible standards. Find out more at our Qismet page or visit their website: http://www.qismet.org.uk/

New Self Management discussion forum hot topics:

Disability Living Allowance changes ...will it affect you?
Are you a little concerned about the proposed changes to the Disability Living Allowance. Is the fact that you volunteer as a self-management tutor going to affect your payments?

Volunteers or Sessional workers?
Is EPP still committed to using volunteers? How many volunteers are working for EPP CIC?

Caring With Confidence
The premature ending of the centrally funded phase of this initiative has created an abrupt cessation of delivery for many providers. How would you like to see this episode used to get something good from the situation?

Latest news

Remember to visit our News pages regularly. We try and update the pages every day (nearly!). We highlight interesting news items, speeches, radio interviews and published articles that are relevant to the self management community. You will find links to the full articles from the original publisher.

News items this month include:

Older people who eat healthy diets 'lead longer lives' (BBC)
Test for early Alzheimer's 'seems possible' (BBC)
ME, or chronic fatigue syndrome, 'not caused by the XMRV virus', say researchers (BBC)
Employers fail people with mental health problems (The Independent)
Telehealth system to aid condition self-management (BBC)
Major new survey shows around half of carers in England have health problems as a result of their duties (NHS The Information Centre)
Think tank warns over PCT plans (Nursing in Practice)
NHS and social services tested to the limit, say MPs (BBC)
Pathfinders identified to lead NHS reforms (DH - Press release)
Doctors sign up to take over control of budgets (BBC)
Latest health research: Dandelion juice may soothe eczema, antibiotics could treat IBS and jelly could ease creaky knees (The Daily Mail)
Dementia nursing care needs overhaul, says King's Fund (BBC)
Mental health services "need reorganisation" (Press Association)
Ministers pledge £4bn to tackle smoking, drinking and obesity (The Guardian)

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