Learning Difficulties Course

This course helps people to manage their health better.

What are Expert Patients Programme courses?

Expert Patients Programme courses help people manage their health better. This means they can help you do these things better;

•      Eat healthy food
•      Talk to your doctor about your health condition
•      Be more active or do exercise
•      Manage your medication. 

Who is this course for?

This course is for people with health conditions. Sometimes we call these long-term health conditions. This is because some health conditions last a long time. Sometimes for your whole life.

These health conditions are things like diabetes, epilepsy, arthritis, mental health conditions like depression and heart conditions.

I have a learning difficulty, is it right for me?

We have made this course accessible for people with learning difficulties. This means that the course is easy to understand. We have made things easier to understand, like this leaflet and information we use on the course. We made a DVD to help remind you what we do on the course. Everyone who comes on the course gets a free copy of the DVD!

How can it help me?

The course can help you do these things:

•      Get better support from your doctor
•      Be more involved in your medication
•      Work out ways to eat more healthy food
•      Cope with feeling tired a lot
•      Relaxing
•      Set goals to improve your health and life!

Who runs the course?

There are three people that run the course. Two people lead the course and one person helps the group if they need it.

How long is the course?

The course is nine weeks long. It is at the same time each week and lasts two and a half hours. There is a break with drinks and healthy snacks.