Moved by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
165: After Clause 164, insert the following new Clause—
“Secretary of State: Duty to promote and ensure the full integration of self care for minor ailments within the health system
(1) The Secretary of State, in exercise of his or her functions, must promote self care for minor ailments and prepare a national self care strategy to integrate self care fully into the wider health system.
(2) The national self care strategy referred to in subsection (1) must include measures to—
(a) improve inequalities in health literacy,
(b) enhance the understanding of primary and secondary age children on how to self care,
(c) introduce self care modules in healthcare professionals’ training curricula and continuing professional development,
(d) make best use of, and expand, the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service,
(e) improve access to effective self care treatments,
(f) enable community pharmacists to refer people directly to other healthcare professionals,
(g) ensure better support for Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to deliver self care,
(h) evaluate the use of technologies developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to promote greater self care, and
(i) accelerate efforts to enable community pharmacists to populate medical records.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment would ensure that the Secretary of State promotes self care for minor ailments and publishes a national self care strategy to fully integrate it into the wider health system.