1. Community Health Trainers support individuals to make healthier choices and work with people to achieve their health goals.

2. Patient representatives are not ideally placed to influence healthcare services.

3. Increased control over personal healthcare enables;

4. A personal healthcare plan is the outcome of the planning discussion between the  health trainer and the healthcare provider.

5. Self-management programs are designed to enable patients to gain more support and services from their healthcare providers.

6. Healthcare plans continually change after input from the community healthcare team.

7. The primary areas of care associated with improved control over personal healthcare are;

8. The aim of increasing control over personal health is to improve the training of healthcare professionals.