Useful documents
Caring for people with long term conditions: an education framework for community matrons and case managers (PDF, 164KB)
This document provides a framework for commissioners and providers of education and training for community matrons and case managers. It is designed to help ensure that education and training for practitioners enables them to provide more effective care for people with complex long term conditions. (April 2006)
Supporting people with long term conditions to self-care (PDF, 1.9MB)
Improving care for people with a long term condition is one of the biggest challenges facing health and social care organisations and demands wholesale change in the way they think, train and deliver/design services. The role of self care is crucial in people maintaining good health and taking care of their condition. Supporting self care provides benefits all round. (February 2006)
Promoting Optimal Self Care: Consultation techniques that improve quality of life for patients and clinicians (PDF, 1.1MB)
This handbook brings together the evidence base, offers practice examples and advice on what healthcare professionals can do, and makes a convincing case for self care to be at the heart of the new medical professionalism. (January 2006)
Good care planning for people with long term conditions (PDF, 341KB)
The key objective of the project was to produce user-friendly guidance and tools to assist local health and social care service providers to implement evidence-based, person-centred care planning for people with long-term conditions. (September 2005)
Action on Neurology: Improving Neurology Services - A Practical Guide (PDF, 2.3MB)
This guide aims to help those implementing the new National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions, which focuses on long term neurological conditions. (March 2005)
A 'rough guide' to co-designing services for Long Term Conditions (Word, 151KB)
The Engaging Communities Learning Network have developed this 'rough guide' from a series of workshops held early in 2005 which looked at making the connections between long term conditions and patient and public involvement. (March 2005)
Supporting People with Long Term Condition: An NHS and Social Care Model to support local innovation and integrations (PDF, 329KB)
The NHS and Social Care Model is a blueprint to support local NHS and social care organisations in improving local services for people with long term conditions. It draws on existing successes and innovations from the NHS and social care and international experience to help local health communities to develop a more integrated and systematic approach. (January 2005)
Self Care - A Real Choice: Self Care Support - A Practical Option (PDF, 606KB)
This communication sets out the position on the Department of Health's policy to support Self Care. It is aimed at PCTs, NHS Trusts, SHAs and social care management teams, as well as health and social care professionals and practitioners. (January 2005)
Self-Assessment Tool for Managing Long Term Conditions (Word, 291KB)
The Long Term Conditions team have produced a Self Assessment Tool to help health and social care organisation and communities. The self-assessment tool will identify areas of progress within LTC, key gaps, ‘quick wins’ and longer-term goals. (October 2004)
The NHS Improvement Plan: Section 2: Chapter 3: Supporting people with long-term conditions to live healthy lives (external link)
This document sets out the priorities for the NHS between now and 2008. It supports the DH's ongoing commitment to a 10-year process of reform first set out in The NHS Plan. (June 2004)