An exercise to map patient-centred care networks.

An interview study of participants in primary health carebased CoCPs highlighted their potential complexity. We found that the visual representation of CoCPs as maps facilitated the assimilation of this complexity. Each patient was shown their map to confirm whether they agreed that it represented their care world. The optimal care and wellbeing of the patient at the centre of the CoCP is the common purpose of its participants. CoCPs are dynamic: the composition changes as the patient’s needs change. Participants have varying roles and levels of engagement (Figure 1).5 CoCP maps include family, social clubs, community and health care services. They articulate the formal and informal care networks that sustain individuals in the community.