Expert patient programme resources
Expert patient programme resources
Resources for the Expert Patient programme on health conditions, caring, diet, exercise and self-help guidance.
Caring
- Bereavement support
- Carers UK
- Caring for yourself when caring for others: links to mobile apps, websites and videos covering various topics such as exercise, diet and wellbeing.
- Co-ordinate My Care
- DISC Dementia Support
- Lasting power of attorney UK Government advice
- Living Wills
- Looking after someone: Information and support for carers
- Samaritans advice on coping with mental health issues
- Social care and support
Conditions
- British Heart Foundation
- British Lung Foundation COPD advice
- Cystic Fibrosis UK
- Dementia
- Fibromyalgia UK information booklets
- Macmillan cancer support
- ME Association
- Memory cafés in Cornwall
- Mind UK
- MS Society
- MS Trust
- NHS advice for arthritis
- Parkinson's UK
- PTSD UK
- Sleep Apnoea Trust
- Stroke Association
- Talking Therapies
- Vasculitis UK
- Your COVID Recovery
Videos
Self-help
- NHS Scotland chronic pain self-help guide
- Pacing and goal-setting for people with chronic pain
- Review and evaluation of mindfulness-based iPhone apps
Other
- Age UK Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
- Benefits and work guide to the UK benefits system
- Citizen's Advice
- Live Well NHS guide
Health Works for Cornwall
The Health Works for Cornwall programme supports residents of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly whose health and wellbeing is affecting their ability to find and sustain suitable employment.
Email Health Works for Cornwall or, call the People Hub on 0333 015 0699, who can offer free and impartial advice on all the employability support available in Cornwall.
You can also follow them on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Susie project
The Susie Project works with survivors of domestic violence and abuse who no longer live with their abuser. Email the Susie Project or call 01209 202 695 for more information.