Contact information

For further information about the Expert Patient programme in Cornwall, email our Expert Patient Programme Manager or call 07824 598 626. 

You can also call Liskeard Community Hospital on 01579 373 500 and leave a message with reception.

Expert patient programme

The Expert Patient programme is a free on-line programme which aims to:

  • give you additional skills to self-manage your long-term health condition
  • develop a better relationship with the healthcare professionals who support you
  • improve your quality of life
  • help you meet others, share experiences and communicate better with your family and friends ;
  • make you feel confident and more in control of your condition

The programme is being run for anyone in Cornwall living with a long-term health condition. The course is delivered over 6 weeks for no more than 2.5 hours, led by trained volunteer tutors with lived experience.

Course sessions will cover:

  • relaxation techniques
  • dealing with difficult emotions
  • exercise
  • eating healthily
  • coping with depression
  • pain and fatigue management
  • planning for the future

Course dates:

  • Friday 10 March to Friday 21 April 2023, 11am to 1.30pm
  • Thursday 11 May to Thursday 15 June, 11am to 1.30pm

We also offer the programmes below.

Cancer (thriving and surviving)

Would you like:

  • to manage fatigue and know how to get help
  • regain fitness during and after treatment
  • meet others and share experiences
  • communicate better with family, friends, and professionals
  • manage changes to your body and difficult emotions

This course is delivered over 6 weeks for 2.5 hours, led by volunteer trainers with lived experience of cancer.

Course sessions will cover:

  • relaxation techniques
  • dealing with difficult emotions
  • appropriate exercise
  • eating healthily
  • complimentary therapies
  • pain and fatigue management
  • positive thinking

The next course will take place online via Microsoft Teams:

  • Monday 19 June to 24 July 2023, 11am to 1.30pm (including a refreshment break)

Caring for me and you

Register your interest in our free carers course for people who have a long-term health condition and care for someone.

Would you like to:

  • manage your caring situation more effectively
  • be realistic about the impact of your caring situation on yourself and your family
  • meet others and share experiences
  • communicate better with family, friends and professionals
  • feel confident and more in control of your life

The caring for me and you course is for anyone living with a long-term health condition and caring for someone living in Cornwall. The course is delivered over 6 weeks for 2.5 hours. It is led by trained volunteer tutors with lived experience.

Course sessions will cover:

  • relaxation techniques
  • dealing with tiredness
  • exercise
  • eating healthily
  • coping with depression
  • planning for the future

We do not currently have a caring for me and you course scheduled.

Register an interest in the caring for me and you course

Diabetes self-management course

Would you like:

  • to monitor your diabetes and balance high or low blood glucose
  • learn about menu planning
  • meet others and share experiences
  • communicate better with family, friends, and professionals
  • manage fatigue, stress, and emotional changes

The course is delivered over 6 weekly sessions of 2.5 hours each, led by volunteer trainers with lived experience of diabetes.

Course sessions will cover:

  • what is diabetes
  • dealing with difficult emotions
  • appropriate exercise
  • menu planning and food choices
  • preventing or delaying complications
  • foot care
  • managing stress

The next course will take place online via Microsoft Teams:

  • Tuesday 25 April to 30 May 2023, 11am to 1.30pm (including a refreshment break)

Self-care after COVID, ME or chronic fatigue syndrome

Would you like:

  • to improve your quality of life
  • learn new skills to manage your health condition
  • meet others and share experiences
  • communicate better with family, friends and professionals
  • feel confident and more in control of your troubling symptoms

The course is delivered over 6 weeks, twice a week for no more than 1 hour and 45 minutes with regular breaks, led by volunteer trainers with lived experience of a long-term health condition.

Course sessions will cover:

  • relaxation techniques
  • dealing with difficult emotions
  • introduction to physical activity and pacing
  • making healthy food choices
  • coping with low mood
  • fatigue and getting a good night’s sleep
  • pain management
  • planning for the future

We offer 1 to 1 support to enable everyone to access Teams.

Next courses:

  • Tuesday 28 February, every Tuesday and Thursday until 6 April 2023
  • Tuesday 20 June, every Tuesday and Thursday until 27 July 2023