Who we are
We are trained volunteer facilitators who deliver a course designed for people who live with one or more long term health conditions – to help you regain your confidence and take control of your health.
What we do
The Expert Patients Programme (EPP) is a free six week course for people who live with one or more long term health conditions – or who have personal experience of someone living with one or more long term health conditions.
Our trained facilitators will guide you through the programme – helping you to learn skills to manage the things that you may experience as a result of living with your long-term health condition – including: pain, fatigue, poor sleep, difficult emotions -like fear, frustration, and anger- stress, anxiety and physical limitations.
The course offers a toolkit of techniques to help you improve your quality of life, to help you to manage your condition and the emotional changes brought about by your condition.
Our course covers;
developing your communication skills
managing your emotions
managing daily activities
working with the healthcare system
health resources
planning for the future
understand exercising and healthy eating
managing fatigue, sleep, and difficult emotions like pain, anger and depression.
Attending the course also provides a great opportunity for you to meet other people who share similar experiences.
Each weekly session lasts two and a half hours including a break.