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The Self Care Campaign includes professionals from key organisations in primary care including the Royal College of General Practitioners, NHS Alliance, National Association of Primary Care and the PAGB. Its key objective is to bring an end to the culture of dependency on the NHS for minor illnesses.

The Self Care Campaign group launched a report in March 2010, Self Care: An Ethical Imperative that highlights common disturbances to normal good health, such as coughs and colds, are accounting for nearly one fifth of GP workload. Of the 57 million consultations which involved a minor ailment, 51.4m are for minor ailments alone; a testament to an NHS addressing demand rather than need - the founding principle of the service.