The Expert Patients' Programme (EPP), launched by the Department of Health in 2001, is one of the first manifestations of the increasing focus on self-directed support. Based on a programme for ...
Policymakers have associated the increasing prevalence and incidence of chronic illness with the threat of unsustainable demands for medical services, requiring deployment of effective ...
The ‘Expert Patient Programme' (EPP) is run by the NHS, for patients, and boasts the slogan: ‘Control your condition, don't let it control you' and offers ‘the confidence, skills and knowledge to ...