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The Expert Patients' Programme — [national evaluation of the pilot phase of the Programme]
Author(s)	Alison Petch
Journal title	Community Care, issue 1716, 3 April 2008
Pages	pp 32-33
Source	http://www.communitycare.co.uk
Keywords	Chronic illness ; Patients ; Self care capacity ; National Health Service ; Social policy ; Research Reviews.
Annotation	The Expert Patients' Programme (EPP), launched by the Department of Health (DH) in 2001, was one of the first manifestations of self-directed support. This article outlines the mixed findings of the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC) on its final report on the national evaluation of the EPP pilot project. The report concluded that while the EPP moderately increased patients' effectiveness in self-care, use of general practice (GP) and outpatient services by those with long-term conditions did not reduce. The author summarises the practice implications of these findings. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080408203 A
Classmark	CI: LF: CA: L4: TM2: 3A:6KC *
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