Condition
Management Programmes
Help
for Health – Generic group programme
Holistic Resources developed this programme specifically for people suffering
from chronic anxiety, depression or physical conditions who were claiming Incapacity
Benefits. The effects of unemployment and long-term illness can lead to psychological
disorders and debilitating physical symptoms for which no medical explanation
can be found. Incapacity and other benefits, rather than helping the patient,
may actually compound the problem and more effective ways of management need
to be found.
In 2004 Holistic Resources was contracted by the Teaching Primary Care Trust
and Jobcentre Plus to be a partner in the Condition Management Programme (CMP)
part of the East Lancashire Pathways to Work pilot scheme. The CMP is a package
of health initiatives designed to help and empower people to improve their health,
gain control over their illnesses to enable them to progress back towards work,
training or other meaningful activities.
‘Help for Health’ is an 8-week programme for groups of up to eight
in which patients with diverse medical and psychological conditions can learn
to manage their various disorders, support each other and improve their well-being.
Therapists are trained to deliver the programme and each client receives a full
Handbook and CD ROM to assist them continue the learning at home. Help for Health
is an integral part of the CMP, and has been extended across all Lancashire from
2006.
The partnership between the Teaching Primary Care Trust and
Holistic Resources has grown to become an excellent model of
a public body working with and supporting a social enterprise.
The support and encouragement from CMP and the integration of
NHS best practice into the programme has ensured that Help for
Health has developed into a robust, quality model and current
work on the quality systems will enable the programme to meet
NHS procurement guidelines.
| The programme aims
to: |
 |
Provide structured
group therapy in which patients with anxiety and depression
can learn to understand and manage their various problems |
|
Change the way people
feel by changing the way they think |
|
Dealing with uncomfortable
feelings |
|
Pain Management |
|
Stress Management |
|
Relaxation |
| The programme includes: |
|
 Cognitive-behaviour
therapy |
The exclusion criteria: |
| Relaxation |
 Patients
with psychotic illness |
| Guided
imagery |
Patients
who actively abuse street drugs or alcohol |
| Education |
Patients
with a known personality disorder |
For details of any Holistic Resources service
contact us at info@realtd.co.uk or
Telephone: 01706 871730
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