PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Education (6 November 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support and promote Self Care Week; and what promotional materials he is disseminating in the NHS to support that campaign.

Asked by:
Bob Blackman (Conservative)

Self-care week is managed and promoted by the Self-Care Forum, an organisation which seeks to embed approaches to self-care it into everyday life and to educate and empower people to manage their own health and wellbeing. The Self Care Forum has been running its annual awareness campaign since 2011. This year, self-care week is taking place from 16-22 of November and the theme is ‘self-care for life’.

The Self Care Forum has produced a range of promotional literature including posters, leaflets and a communication pack to help NHS services and other organisations raise awareness of self-care week locally. These materials are freely available from its website and can be found at the following link:

www.selfcareforum.org/events/self-care-week-resources/

As in previous years, NHS England is promoting Self Care Week and the ‘self-care for life’. Further information can be found at the following link:

www.england.nhs.uk/2015/09/09/self-care-week/

Answered by:
Jane Ellison (Conservative)
16 November 2015