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, …
Course: Personalised Care: Peer Leadership Foundation - Step One
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.
Shared decision making in practice
Hear Holly’s experience of shared decision making when she was unexpectedly diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. Also, here’s a link to a short animation by the Health Foundation which shows …
Anjjie talks about the impact of COVID on people from BAME communities
Hear Anjjie talk about the impact of Covid-19 on people from BAME communities and the role personalised care can play to support people in the future.
Hear how personalised care can help reduce health inequalities
Hear Michelle talking about how personalised care can help reduce health inequalities.
Peer Leadership
The Peer Leadership Framework (below) illustrates the path to becoming a Peer Leader. That’s not to say that everyone will complete all four steps of the programme. People can exit …
How does the NHS work in England?
To round up our first week, here’s a short video about how the NHS works in England.
Deb’s experience of supported self-management
In this video, Debs talks about a clinical consultation that changed her life. She also explains how a digital app helps her to monitor her condition and self-manage. Is there …
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Personalised Care: Peer Leadership Foundation - Step One