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Through this website we aim to support our patients and their families to gain a better understanding of their long-term conditions: improving their knowlege has been shown to result in a better outcome for patients.
We also aim to make it easier for community health teams, teachers and other professionals to work with us to provide 'shared care' for our patients.
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