Personalised Care: Peer Leadership Foundation - Step One Archives

What is supported self-management?

Supported self-management (also called SSM for short) happens when people with long-term health conditions are supported to develop the knowledge, skills, confidence and support they need to manage their conditions …

How does the NHS work in England?

The NHS is a huge organisation with many different strands. Trying to understand it, let alone navigate it, can be a huge challenge. In order to get the best support …

Upgrading your course

Upgrading your course You can get the following benefits by upgrading this course: Unlimited access – Learn at your own pace with unlimited access to the course for as long …

Social prescribing link workers, health and well-being coaches and care coordinators

The NHS recently introduced three new Primary Care roles to support patients: Social Prescribing Link Workers As you’ve already heard, social prescribing link workers support you to consider your wider …

What is a personal health budget?

‘A personal health budget is an amount of money to support a person’s identified health and wellbeing needs, planned and agreed between the person and their local NHS team.’ The …

Welcome to week two of the programme

Welcome to week two. This week we want to hear from you about your experiences of the NHS – what has worked well and what needs to be done differently. …

What is social prescribing?

Not all health issues need, or have, a medical solution. Sometimes what people need is to be connected into their local community, for example, an older person who is lonely, …

Effective personalised care and support planning

For your personalised care and support plan to be effective, you should experience (and be able to answer YES) to the following statements: You felt central in developing and agreeing …

About the Peer Leadership Development Programme and who can join

There are four steps to the Peer Leadership Development Programme. We know that people will be joining for different reasons and with different goals. We also know that becoming a …

Hear Sherone and Jo describing the difference personalised care and support planning can make

This video describes the difference a good personalised care and support plan can make. If you think it sounds useful, you can ask your GP or link worker about developing …

What Is Supported Self-management?

Supported self-management (also called SSM for short) happens when people with long-term health conditions are supported to develop the knowledge, skills, confidence, and support they need to manage their conditions …

A personal health budget in practice

Rob’s story Rob’s story (above) is a great example of the difference a personal health budget can make. His care and support is more consistent and he’s been able to …

Where are you now at the end of Step One?

Congratulations! You’ve reached the end of Step One. Don’t forget to make sure you ‘mark as complete’ all the pages on the course. You’ll need to show you have completed …

What is good personalised care?

You’ve now looked at all six components that make up the model for personalised care. You’ve also heard some personal stories. What have you learnt throughout Step One? How can …

Hear Vicky talking about her experience of peer support

Hear Vicky talking about her experience of peer support. What’s the best thing about good peer support? Please tell us in the comments below.

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