Common Long Term Conditions Adult

As the Patient Association suggest
“A long-term condition is an illness that cannot be cured. It can usually be controlled with medicines or other treatments. If you have more than one long-term condition this is ‘multi-morbidity’. Long-term conditions can affect your job, family and finances. However, there are many sources of support.”
“Long term conditions.” The Patients Association Website. Retrieved 6th April 2023
Long term conditions | The Patients Association

Common long term conditions

Many of the more common long-term conditions have been included in this section. Some other important potential long-term conditions are considered in other parts of this site including

• Learning disabilities
• Dementia
• Cancer

Long term conditions support

Under each long term condition there is information on the medical support provided. However a long term condition can have an impact on mental health as well as be affected by other aspects of life. So the support for a long term condition, needs to be broader than just meeting the medical needs. This is covered under

• Long term conditions support