Services

Haringey Community Health Services

Expert Patients Programme (EPP)

Self-management of Long-Term Health Conditions

The Expert Patients Programme (EPP) offers training in the self-management of long-term health conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma, heart disease, back pain, sickle cell or any other long-term condition). EPP courses are available FREE in Haringey throughout the year, in community or health care venues. Each course lasts for 6 weeks, 2.5 hours a week.

The EPP course provides opportunities for people with long-term health conditions to develop new skills to manage their condition better and have a better quality of life. It is facilitated by trained tutors who themselves have experience of living with a limiting long-term health problem. The groups of no more than 18 participants are relaxed and informal. The tutors encourage the sharing of skills and experience in the sessions. Participants set themselves simple ‘action plans’ to increase their confidence in working towards their goals.

Here are some comments from previous participants

My health condition has improved greatly since the EPP. It has been a very beneficial experience. I feel a lot more confident now. I am now more mobile than before and have full confidence in everything I do. I learned to be positive and proactive instead of passive I feel tons better about my life in general and on a daily basis The course was very informative and I'm feeling less isolated now, because other people have problems and cope with them. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to regain my self-confidence and my life back. I would strongly recommend this highly beneficial course to anyone with a long term health condition.

Courses

Start date: Monday 24 January 2011 (for 6 weeks, 2.5 hours a week)
Venue: Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green N22 5HJ

Start date: Wednesday 23 February 2011 (for 6 weeks, 2.5. hours a week)
Venue: Venue: Hornsey Neighbourhood Health Centre, 151 Park Road, N8 8JD

Expert Patients Programme in Turkish

The Turkish-speaking Expert Patients Programme (EPP) is open to Turkish-speaking Haringey residents who do not access the EPP in English.

Start date: Tuesday 22 February 2011 (for 6 weeks, 2.5. hours a week)
Venue: TCWP, 140a Falkland Road, Hornsey N8 0NP

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Volunteer Opportunities on the Expert Patients Programme

If you have experience of living with a long-term health condition we wouldlike to hear from you. Volunteering for the Expert Patients Programme (EPP) can offer you:

work experience
training in a supportive environment
individual support and mentoring
opportunities to make new contacts
references
satisfaction in helping others like yourself
opportunities to give something back to your community

As a volunteer, you will be trained and supported to co-facilitate a structured six week self management course for people with long-term conditions. You will have the possibility to become a NHS-accredited tutor and be part of a London-wide network of EPP facilitators.

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