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Discussion papers
This report sets out the key drivers for giving patients greater control. It describes why giving patients greater control helps to improve health outcomes and the quality of services people receive. It summarises research with patients showing that people want more control and involvement in managning their health than they have currently.
Other tools and resources
Adapated for use in the UK, this tool is designed to enable primary care teams to assess how well they are supporting people with long term conditions to self-manage and to identify actions they can take to further support this.
Tools for managers
The Job Description sets out the responsibilities the post holder will have for the day to day leadership and development of the service improvement element of the Trust’s Co-creating health programme to implement self management support.
Tools for managers
The Job Description sets out the responsibilities of the post holder for the day to day leadership and development of the clinical element of the Trust’s Co-creating health programme to implement self management support.
Tools for managers
This Job Description sets out the responsibilities for a project manager implementing a self management support programme for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Academic / research papers
This article gives an overview of the benefits and evidence for self management support, some of the key challenges in implementing it and broad solutions.
Academic / research papers
This report defines self-management support and gives case studies of early adopters in the USA. It describes telephone based models and behavioural health models and sets out some key steps in successfully implementing self management support.
Discussion papers
This article gives Jim Phillips' view of the role that self management has in modern healthcare and proposes what an integrated pathway approach may look like. It discusses some of the main factors to consider in the implementation of self management support.