Commissioners

We are the market leaders in developing specific, innovative new programmes such as Looking after Me (LAM), our self-management course for carers or SAM, our self management course for people in recovery from substance or alcohol misuse. We value partnership working to ensure all self-management courses are as accessible as possible for those people who need them.

Our focus is on course development, training, accreditation and quality monitoring. We can work in partnership with you and your organisation to design courses specifically tailored to the needs of your community.

What course participants say: 

Don - Blackpool

"Attending an Expert Patient Programme course was the best single thing that could have happened to help me control my condition."

Don attended an Expert Patients Programme (EPP) course after his rheumatoid arthritis nurse suggested it during one of their sessions. She had initially suggested a telephone based self care course but the idea of a group sharing their experiences and supporting each other appealed more to Don so she suggested EPP.

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Georgie - Newcastle

"My life has been transformed over the last two years and I can say with absolute certainty that I owe it all to the Expert Patients Programme."

Georgie Foord has had fibromyalgia since 1997 and was coping well with her exercise regime and careful diet. Attending an EPP course in 2003 helped her to achieve her goal of publishing her own work.

Do you remember that long hot summer of 2003? I was newly retired, bored and restless, drifting aimlessly through the weeks.

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