The College Surgery
at the Culm Valley Integrated Centre for Health is a large family
practice in new premises in Cullompton, near Exeter in Devon, England.
SustainCare has been working at the Centre to develop a range of guides in the use of simple home
remedies, and will be working with the Culm Valley Patient Group to engage
the interests of those with most interest in learning how to
manage their health at home.
The pilot project includes a new
physic garden at the entrance
to the practice,
a featured herb
in the lobby with associated take-home postcards, and future
exhibits and activities, including those for children.
In January 2009 we embark on an exciting new 2-year fully-funded project Integrated Self Care in Family Practice, to develop
better ways to support patients in looking after themselves
using simple home remedies and other accessible approaches. We
will be working with the staff and patients at Culm Valley,
with two universities and with a leading NHS practice in London.
This work will be based in the communities of patients and with
their help we plan to have innovative new ways to help people
look after themselves and their families.
This will be a very exciting project. As it develops through
2009 we will update these pages.
