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Key messages: managing long-term conditions
- Author:
- AUDIT SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Audit Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Services for adults with long-term conditions are examined, focusing on two conditions in particular, COPD and epilepsy. These conditions were selected because there had been little evaluation of these compared with other long-term conditions. Key messages are presented. The study involved analysis of quantitative activity data on long-term conditions, analysis of spend on long-term conditions, and interviews with staff at the SEHD and at a sample of NHS boards (including health professionals specialising in COPD or epilepsy), CHPs and council social work departments. The fieldwork was carried out in six NHS board areas: Ayrshire and Arran, Borders, Forth Valley, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Highland and Tayside. Focus groups were held with people with COPD or epilepsy in the sample board areas and GPs
Managing long-term conditions
- Author:
- AUDIT SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Audit Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Services for adults with long-term conditions were examined, focusing on two conditions in particular: COPD and epilepsy. These conditions were selected because there has been little evaluation of these compared with other long term conditions. The study included analysis of quantitative activity data on long-term conditions, analysis of current spend on long-term conditions, a review of documents and interviews with staff at the SEHD and at a sample of NHS boards (including health professionals specialising in COPD or epilepsy), CHPs and council social work departments, 14 focus groups with people with COPD or epilepsy in the sample board areas, and surveys of GPs and practice nurses in the sample board areas. The fieldwork at boards was carried out in six areas: Ayrshire and Arran,
Self-management education for children with epilepsy (review)
- Authors:
- STOKES T., et al
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 13p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
There is increased interest in the use of self-management education which helps patients to become 'experts' in their own illness. This is particularly important for children and young people with long-term illnesses, such as epilepsy. Epilepsy self-management programmes can include a variety of actions that can be taken by people with epilepsy to improve their quality of life; such as taking
Self-management education for adults with epilepsy (review)
- Authors:
- SHAW E.J., et al
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 14p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
There is increased interest in the use of self-management education which helps patients to become 'experts' in their own illness. This is particularly important for people with long-term illnesses, such as epilepsy. Epilepsy self-management programmes can include a variety of actions that can be taken by people with epilepsy to improve their quality of life; such as taking antiepileptic
Improving services for people with epilepsy: Department of Health action plan in response to the national clinical audit of epilepsy-related death
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department of Health is committed to improving standards of care and support for people with epilepsy and their families. The Department hopes this action plan will be the start of a process of improving awareness and understanding of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) and will lead to improved care and services for people with epilepsy. It is intended to address the needs of all