Training:
Expert Patients Programme
Wed 30th May – 4th July
Calvert HC, 110a Calvert Lane, Hull, HU4 6BH 1 pm – 3.30 pm
Wed 6th June – 11th July
Endsleigh Centre, 481 Beverley Road, Hull, HU6 7LJ 10 am – 12.30 pm
The EPP is a FREE self management course for anyone over 18 living with a long term health condition regardless of what it is. It is available to people from Hull and the East Riding. Participants with Arthritis, Back pain, Asthma, Epilepsy, MS. CFS, Fibromyalgia or Diabetes have all benefited from attending this programme.
Improve your quality of life, YOU can take control and make a difference to your life.
It is run over six weekly sessions by City Health Care Partnership, trained volunteer tutors, who also have long term health conditions. Each weekly session lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The EPP Programme aims to help you take more control of your health by learning new skills to manage your condition on a daily basis.
The course looks at the following topics:
- Dealing with pain and extreme tiredness
- Coping with feelings of depression
- Relaxation techniques and exercise
- Healthy eating
- Communicating with family, friends and health professionals
- Positive planning for the future
For more information or to book your place on a course please contact, Eileen Macfarlane, EPP Coordinator, City Health Care Partnership CIC, 2 Earls Court, Priory Park East, Henry Boot Way, Hull, HU4 7DY.
Telephone: 01482 344297, alternatively email: epp@chcphull.nhs.uk
Posted 22/5/2012