£2.4 million project aims to help people with multiple long-term conditions stay well

Researchers have been awarded more than £2.4million to establish some of the common issues that exist for people living with more than one health condition - and to find solutions.

The CO-ACTION project brings together experts in nursing, allied health and medicine from four universities across the UK. They will work with some of the estimated 7million people living with multiple health conditions, as well as health and social care practitioners working to support them.

The five-year project, supported by funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, is being led by researchers at the University of Southampton working with colleagues at the University of Plymouth, the University of Manchester, and the University of Oxford.

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The CPCRG specialises in developing complex interventions for underserved groups and works with the PenCTU to evaluate effects.