Self Care Week

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

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Self Care Week aims to support people, especially those with a long term condition, to learn about how they can take care of their own health better.  It is also a means for local / national organisations to raise awareness of and promote the services they provide that support self care and self management

How can you get involved?

  • Tell your Press Office / Communications team
  • Put the date on your forward planner / in your diary
  • Promote Self Care Week to your members / customers so that they can get involved too
  • Start planning activities that could take place during the Week - promote services that encourage people to self care or manage long term conditions
  • Sign up for our newsletters ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) which will keep you informed up to and during the week, including access to resources to support local initiatives

Did you know that during Self Care Week 2010

  • 130,500 public information leaflets were ordered
  • 7,500 Information Sheets for Healthcare Professionals were downloaded
  • 4,000 visits were logged on the DH LTC Website
  • 1,500 downloads were made of the Self Care Week promotional materials
  • NHS Choices website had a threefold increase in the number of people visiting the self care web pages www.nhs.uk/yourhealth