All of the resources included in our person-centred care resource centre have been reviewed by the Health Foundation. We believe them to be of the highest possible standard but we do not take responsibility for the accuracy of information from third parties.
Tools for managers
Self-management support is when health professionals, teams and services (both within and beyond the NHS) work in ways that ensure that people with long-term conditions have the knowledge, skills, confidence and support they need to manage their condition(s) effectively in the context of their everyday life.
Tools for managers
Developed with funding from West Midlands SHA, Care Fit for VIPS is a free, safe, easy-to-use online toolkit that gives you everything you need to get started on understanding and implementing person-centred dementia care.
Tools for managers
The e-Participation Toolkit provides examples of how online technology is being used to involve people both in their own care and when designing and delivering local health and care services.
Tools for managers
The Ask 3 Questions campaign is designed to encourage patients to ask questions and play a more active role in decisions about their treatment and care. There are posters and leaflets and other materials which can be displayed to encourage and support people.
This audit tool provides a simple checklist to help services assess how well they are promoting materials that encourage people to Ask 3 Questions.
Tools for managers
This audit tool, developed by the team in Newcastle working on the Health Foundation's MAGIC programme, is designed for use to audit case notes for written evidence that the shared decision making process has been implemented.
Tools for managers
The COPD patient pathway is an on-line interactive resource designed to help people living with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), their carers and healthcare professionals identify the type of care COPD patients should be receiving, from diagnosis onwards. It shows how services that support self-management should be integrated into the pathway.
Tools for managers
This is part of a series of Smart Guides to Engagement. It helps clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) adopt an approach to developing pathways reflecting what matters to patients, carers and family members. It offers examples that work and points to sources of help to achieve success.
Tools for managers
This interview template was developed by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as part of its work on the Health Foundations Co-creating Health Programme. It sets out guidance and questions for semi-structured interviews with patients to understand how well supported they have felt in setting their own health goals and trying to achieve them.
Tools for managers
The Health Foundation has developed Training for Trainers to support training to help clinicians to develop the knowledge and skills to support their patients to self manage effectively.
Tools for managers
The Health Foundation developed a training programme (the Patient Skills Programme) for patients to enable people to better manage their own health.
The materials from the programme are available to download: