Publication of “Patient Education / Self Management Programmes for People with Long Term Conditions 2023/24”
Date published:
The Department of Health has today published “Patient Education / Self Management Programmes for People with Long Term Conditions 2023/24”.
This publication of annual figures relates to Patient Education / Self Management Programmes in Northern Ireland.
Key Facts and Figures:
• There were 78 patient education / self management programmes provided a total of 1,602 times with 13,002 participants in 2023/24.
• Across Northern Ireland programme frequency almost doubled in 2023/24 (1602) compared to the previous year (804).
• Over nine in ten (91%) of programmes run during 2023/24 were delivered by HSC Trusts (Belfast Trust were unable to submit a return for 2023/24), while 9% were delivered by independent providers.
• The programme types with the most participants were stroke programmes (28%) and dementia programmes (13%).
• 4,857 participants (45%) attended a programme that was statutory funded.
Notes to editors:
- This information was collated by Community Information Branch within the DoH.
2. Statistics detailed within the bulletin present information on patient education / self management programmes for long term conditions collected from Health & Social Care (HSC) Trusts and independent sector programme providers. It details information on the type, provision, frequency and Trust area of the programmes delivered during the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
3. This publication is available online at: Patient education programmes | Department of Health
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