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The Lymphoedema Support Network in The UK

Hi Everyone.

 Todays piece is about the Lymphoedema Support Network in the UK.
For those outside of the UK please do make sure that you visit their website because it is literally choc full of amazing free resources!

 http://www.lymphoedema.org/

 I have known Anita, Karem and the team for over 10 years now and they are amongst the most knowledgeable and caring team out there.

 Whether you are a new sufferer. or a long term sufferer they will be able to help and will always do so with a smile on the face (you can tell - even down the phone)

 So please have a look around the site, learn about your condition and share the LSN information

 The LSN even have a course for Doctors!

 Here a piece from their website detailing just that....

Continuing our work with General Practitioners
Being a General Practitioner (GP) in today’s NHS is not an easy task, appointment times are short, demand is high, extraordinary growth in medical knowledge, along with what we expect our GPs to know, is almost unachievable and many feel they run a real risk of being branded ‘Jacks of all trades and masters of none’.
It is sometimes all too easy for individuals and organisations to criticise GPs and whilst there is no doubt that many of our members have experienced difficulties in gaining a diagnosis or receiving treatment, the LSN believes that helping GPs to learn is a more productive route. We have a track record of success with our past projects in this area and we are hopeful that our latest venture will reap similar rewards.
We have commissioned a new e-learning module that builds on our previous BMJ module and will educate GPs about how to recognise lymphoedema, what initial tests should be done, when to refer to specialist services and how to support their patients when they are in self-management. As with our other e-learning module, GPs will receive Continuing Professional Development points when they complete the module and we will be able to monitor how many people have participated. This time we have chosen to maximise GP exposure to the module by collaborating with the Royal College 
of General Practitioners who will host the module on their website. Our grateful thanks go to Professor Mortimer, Dr Keeley and Denise Hardy, for all their help and support in the production of this module.
We would now like to ask you for your help in promoting the module to your own GPs. We have produced a cartoon post card which you will either have received in your Spring edition of LymphLine or can obtain by contacting the LSN office on 020 7351 4480. Please take one along to your GP next time you visit. Please do not make a specific appointment – they are busy people – or drop it into the surgery as it will probably end up in the bin! Just remember to take it along if you have reason to visit and ask your GP to take time to look at the module and encourage practice partners to do the same.
The module can be accessed by healthcare professionals, medical trainees and health care professional students at http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/lymphoedema

Lastly, if you are in the UK please do join - it costs less than £2 per month and it will really help more people involved with this terrible condition - you will learn more, get lots of free information, twice yearly magazine, and become to realize that you are not alone



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