Annual review

Annual Review 2011: Get Well, Feel Well and Stay Well - A vision for self care in the United Kingdom

The 2011 review sets out PAGB’s vision for self care in the United Kingdom, outlining what needs to happen within health policy, primary care and the regulatory framework to support self care and encourage people to take control and have greater individual responsibility for their health. 

Self Care now has strong support from government, and the Department of Health is a partner in the recently established Self Care Forum.  To promote self care in practice, the Royal College of General Practitioners’ e-learning module for GPs and nurses is expected to launch by the end of the year. Some excellent work is also already being carried out at medical centres across the UK to encourage self care.

Download a copy of the booklet here: Annual Review 2011

Annual Review 2010: The Campaign for Real Self Care

There are currently 57 million GP consultations every year for minor ailments that could be self treated, resulting in every GP spending on average an hour a day seeing patients with minor ailments at an estimated cost to the NHS of £2 billion.  In these straitened times, is this really appropriate use of the health service in the 21st century?

The 2010 review addresses what changes need to be implemented to break the culture of dependency on the NHS for minor ailments and give people the confidence to know when they need the NHS and when they can manage their minor ailments themselves.

Dowload a copy of the booklet here: Annual Review 2010

Annual Review 2009: Celebrating 90 years of self care

The 2009 review celebrates PAGB's 90th anniversary, looking at how self care as evolved over the past 90 years and where it is going in the future.

When PAGB was founded in 1919 the NHS did not exist and people had to take responsibility for their own healthcare. Since then, people’s use of the NHS has exploded. The NHS is heading for a financial black hole from 2011 and encouraging responsible self care is more important than ever.

Download a copy of the booklet here: Annual Review 2009