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Stay in control of your own care - join our webinar on 24th Sept

Published on 30 June 2020 11:43 AM

Take control of your care & find out how to put a Coordinate My Care Plan in Place

Register your interest for our webinar on Thursday 24th September 2020, 11am to 12.30pm

Hosted by the Future Matters Service, a partnership between Gentle Dusk and Age UK Islington, funded by the NHS

In this webinar, we'll be able to share details of:

How to record your treatment and care wishes in an electronic Co-ordinate my Care (CMC) Plan and to share and discuss this with your GP and those important to you. 

In this webinar we will cover: 

  • What is Co-ordinate my Care (CMC)? 
  • Why would I want to create a CMC Plan? 
  • How do I create a CMC plan? 
  • How do I share and discuss my CMC plan with my GP? 

To register your interest for this online event: debbie@gentledusk.org.uk 

It's very simple to join the online meeting, but we can you to try this out first, so you know what to expect.  Contact Age UK Islington helpline on 020 7281 6018 / gethelp@ageukislington.org.uk.  Or you can read our guide "How to - Join Online Groups"

More information about Co-ordinate My Care Plan

It’s important that we all take time to think about and plan for how we would like to be cared for in an emergency but also in the future if we were to become unwell and unable to look after ourselves. This is important whatever age we are as none of us knows what the future might hold.  

By planning ahead we can express who we are and what’s important to us, in terms of our care and treatment, in case we can’t make a decision for ourselves. 

So how do I do this? You can do this by creating a Coordinate My Care Plan via the myCMC portal and discussing this with your GP.  Coordinate My Care (CMC) is an online urgent care plan used by Islington GPs.  A CMC Plan makes sure that your wishes are taken into account by everyone who might be involved in treating or looking after you, such as 111, your out of hours GP, the ambulance service and doctors and nurses in the Emergency Department. 

If we have a Coordinate My Care Plan in place it can help us feel less worried and anxious about the future and help us feel more in control. It can also help those close to us know our wishes and therefore minimises the risk of conflict between those who have to make decisions on our behalf.