Public Health and Health Promotion
 

Long Term Conditions

Staff : Learning

E-Learning Tools that support professionals with personalised care planning and self care

Accessible by Medical Practitioners
Electronic Learning for Health (e-lfh) www.e-lfh.org.uk 
Modules available

Accessible by NHS North Somerset and North Somerset Community Partnership staff
National Learning Management System via the electronic staff record.
https://esr.mhapp.nhs.uk/OA_HTML/AppsLogin
Module available

Workforce Competencies

The DH commissioned the Sector Skills Council partners (Skills for Health and Skills for Care) to collaborate to develop a competence framework that would describe the skills and knowledge required to support self care.

“Common Core Principles to Support Self Care” sets out 7 principles:

Principle 1 Ensure individuals are able to make informed choices to manage their self care needs
Principle 2

Communicate effectively to enable individuals to assess their needs, and develop and gain confidence to self care
Principle 3 Support and enable individuals to access appropriate information to manage their self care needs
Principle 4

Support and enable individuals to develop skills in self care
Principle 5 Support and enable individuals to use technology to support self care
Principle 6 Advise individuals how to access support networks and participate in the planning, development and evaluation of services
Principle 7 Support and enable risk management and risk taking to maximise independence and choice.