What is social prescribing?
Health is more than just tablets and medicines.
Our health is also shaped by practical, social, and emotional factors.
It is these factors that make each of us unique and individual. Sometimes, these factors can improve our health, but sometimes they can make our health worse.
Social prescribing helps us to see which of these factors might be making our health worse and can help us to change them.
This improves our health and well-being. It can even prevent us from developing diseases.
What can social prescribing help with?
Our team of Social Prescribers has a range of specialist knowledge and experience, meaning they can assist with a range of social, emotional and practical matters. If they cannot help directly, they will signpost to a huge range of services and organisations that can.
It is important to note that Social Prescribing is NOT an urgent / emergency service and that it Social Prescribers DO NOT prescribe medication or medicinal treatments.
How does social prescribing work?
You can refer yourself directly to our Social Prescribing service. There are three ways to do this:
- Submit an online self-referral form
- Contact the Practice on 01452 728882 and ask the Reception team to refer you.
- Ask the clinician you are seeing to refer you.
Your referral will be allocated to one of our Social Prescribers who will contact you within two weeks to arrange an initial appointment.
During the initial appointment, the Social Prescriber will listen to you and ask lots of questions so that they can really understand what you want to achieve and what matters to you.
They will then work with you to develop a personalised support plan to help you achieve your goal(s).