Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will encourage participation by NHS organisations and local authorities in Self Care Week.

Self Care Week 2015 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 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 has promoted 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/

Members of the public are encouraged to find out more about local Self Care Week events through their clinical commission group or local authority.