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<p>The Five Year Forward View made a specific commitment to do more to support people
with long term conditions manage their own health. Further to this, sustainability
and transformation partnerships (STPs) have a remit to consider how to improve self-care.</p><p>
</p><p>In 2015 NHS England established the Realising the Value Programme. This was
designed to identify evidence-based approaches that engage people in their own health
and care and develop practical tools to support implementation. The programme has
now published tools and guidance for local health economies, as well as an economic
modelling tool to help services understand the costs and benefits.</p><p> </p><p>NHS
England is also rolling out the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). The PAM is a tool
which captures the extent to which people feel engaged and confident in taking care
of their health and wellbeing, helping professionals to tailor support. NHS England
has agreed to grant 1.8 million people with long term conditions across 27 areas access
to the tool.</p><p> </p><p>Eight STP areas to take part in its new one year Building
Health Partnerships programme supported by NHS England to facilitate strong engagement
with the voluntary sector and local communities on actions that improve wellbeing
and self-care. NHS England is also working with 15 new care models across the country
to test how to deliver support for self-care, systematically and at scale. By working
with the new care models, NHS England plans to offer tailored self-care support to
25,000 – 30,000 people by end of March 2018, delivered through health coaching/self-management
education and social prescribing, supported by use of the PAM.</p>
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