Social Prescribing

• Increase resilience in our communities – we can do this by placing greater emphasis on social prescribing

• Better links with a stronger 3rd sector

• Embedded Community Link Workers

Academic Support

PROJECT DESIGN ROBUST DATA COLLECTION

EVALUATION OUTCOME MEASURES

“When patients with multiple problems have to attend multiple clinics, life ismade more difficult by what's called the ‘treatment burden’. What's convenientfor professionals and services is often burdensome for patients. The irony isthat, while everyone is practicing patient centred medicine somehow thepatient isn’t at the centre”

Professor Graham Watt, 2016

What do our patients need?

• Patients need referral services that are:

- Local

- Quick

- Familiar

• Attached workers who will work flexibly and quickly, according to the needs of patients and practices.

Thank you for listening