Self-Care Award Winners 2023
Announcing the winner and highly commended entries of the Self Care Innovation Awards ahead of National Self Care Week (13 – 19 November), Self Care Forum chair, Helen Donovan praised…
Prevention must be an NHS @ 75 priority
Prevention, personalised care and care closer to home must be NHS priorities if it is to meet current and future challenges, according to a report by the NHS Assembly entitled…
Free Self-Care Aware Webinar
Join us for this free self-care aware webinar where you will find out about self-care and what it means for safely managing common health conditions at home. Come along and…
NICE Guideline on Shared Decision Making
The Self Care Forum has been a great advocate of shared decision making and "making every contact count" - our fact sheets were designed especially for this. Now, NICE has produced…
Food Supplements can help brain development
Research published in The BMJ recently found that giving nutritional supplements to young children in low income countries for around 6 months could improve their brain health. The results could have…
HARTMANN UKI Launches ‘HOME’ Shared Care Initiative
Supported self-management, i.e. shared care, is one of the six evidence-based components of personalised care to which the NHS has committed (NHS England 2019). Shared care is a key driver…
Corporate Opportunities Available
The Self Care Forum is inviting organisations to get in touch to discuss how we can support your self care endeavours and enhance promotions that have a self care relevance.…
‘Self Care Aware’ poster
Posters designed to prompt patients to ask health care professionals how they can be 'self care aware' are now available electronically. Experts say people and patients want to do more…
How To Guide – Updated for 2014
The Self Care Forum's guide to implementing a self care aware approach to demand management has been updated for 2014. The updated version is available to download on the How…