To support Self Care Week, the Self Care Forum has produced a medicine cabinet poster to put on display in patient waiting rooms. This explains that winter ailments such as coughs…
Some new Self Care Forum fact sheets are now available. These are on Otitis Media, the Common Cold and Sinusitis. They can be downloaded from the Fact Sheets page.
Save our NHS: Time for Action on Self Care In order to save the NHS for future generations we have launched a resource pack to help general practitioners and Commissioners…
The publication of the ‘UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2013 to 2018’ highlights that, faced with the growing and substantial risk of antibiotic resistance, more needs to be done…
On 18th July 2013 the All Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health held a Summer Reception to launch their new inquiry report examining the future sustainability of…
NHS England has called on the public, NHS staff and politicians to have an open and honest debate about the future shape of the NHS in order to meet rising…
The Quality Institute for Self Management Education and Training (QISMET) is committed to increasing the provision of high quality self management education, training and support services, delivered by a plurality…
The chair of NICE recently spoke about increasing demands on GP time taking their toll on patient care. Chairing a two day conference on 30th April, Professor David Haslam told…
A public consultation to strengthen the NHS Constitution was announced in November 2012. The constitution, which was originally published in 2009, set out people’s rights and responsibilities for entitlement to…
Jo Wady, Practice Manager from St Lawrence Surgery in Worthing spoke to Practice Business about the surgery’s self care mission: “The Self Care Forum has said that 20% of patients go to…
