'Self care' plan to ease pressure on doctors blasted

By Siobhan Ryan

A plan to ease pressure on doctors by getting patients to 'self care' has been ridiculed by health campaigners.

Bosses at West Sussex Primary Care Trust (PCT) say encouraging people take better care of themselves would reduce the number of attendances at accident and emergency and GP surgeries.

This includes improving their diet, taking more exercise and ensuring they take their medication properly. (Read more...)

What's wrong with this idea..? Encouraging people to take care of themselves sounds good to me..It's a breath of fresh air...