Organisation:
Long Term Conditions Alliance Northern Ireland

Description:
Long Term Conditions Alliance Northern Ireland (LTCANI) is a coalition of organisations in Northern Ireland working to meet the needs of people with long-term health conditions. LTCANI sees people as individuals, not patients or conditions; believes that individuals living with long-term conditions have a good understanding of their own needs and have the expertise and capacity to contribute effectively to their own care; works in a broad, social, context, not a medical model, and respects the autonomy of member organisations.

Current member groups include Action Mental Health, Alzheimer Society, Arthritis Care, Asthma UK Northern Ireland, Diabetes UK Northern Ireland, Epilepsy Action, Macmillan Cancer Support, MS Society, Northern Ireland Cancer Network, Northern Ireland Chest, Heart & Stroke, and the Chartered Society for Physiotherapists.

Contact name: Steve McBride

Address:
2 Mount Eden Park
Belfast

Postcode: BT9 6RA

Tel: (028) 9066 6070

Fax:

Email: stevemcb@arthritiscare.org.uk

Website:

Sector (statutory, voluntary, community, other): Voluntary

Area of interest/expertise: Long-term health conditions

Mission statement:
LTCANI seeks to bring about a society in which individuals affected by long-term health problems are able to lead full and active lives, achieve control over their lives and maximise their quality of life through: gaining recognition of the needs of people with long-term conditions; campaigning to achieve changes on issues which affect people with long term conditions; developing effective partnerships between those who plan and provide services and people who use them; developing awareness of and access to self management programmes; promoting participation by individuals in their care and treatment; supporting member organisations.