What is the Expert Patient Programme?
The Expert Patients Programme is a FREE course run over 6 weeks for people living with long-term health conditions such as heart disease, arthritis, MS, Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression and anxiety.
Each 2 ½ hour session is delivered by two trained volunteer tutors who themselves live with long-term health conditions. The courses are run in various community venues across Stockport – just phone 0161 835 6689 for more information or to register for a course.
The EPP course can help patients to learn new skills to manage your condition better and take more control from day to day. We look at:
How can it help patients?
By taking part in an EPP course, in a welcoming and friendly environment, attendees can:
How has it helped other people?
People who have taken part in an EPP course tell us it has helped them:
“I refocussed my condition using the Expert Patients Programme, putting me in control so I became the manager not the victim.”
“It has given me the knowledge and awareness to take control”
“I soon realised the benefits of attending such a course, we each had very different conditions to contend with but the common denominator was long-term. It enabled me to express my opinion freely.”
“It never claims to be a miracle cure but helps to show you what is essentially a change of lifestyle and how to cope with it – this certainly is not the end of the road!”
Patients can refer themselves, just by calling 0161 835 6689 or by email snt-tr.patienteducation@nhs.net
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