Last updated on [02-Jan-24]
Current status: This service is running with medium (2-3 weeks) wait times as of the 2nd of January 2024. Urgent patients will be seen more quickly.
🌐 Summary
Social Prescribing supports patients with non-medical needs, such as financial hardship, loneliness, social isolation, anxiety, and low mood. Social prescribers support patients by encouraging them to adopt a holistic view of their life, and make positive change.
Opening hours/capacity
Mon-Fri, 09:00-17:00
Referral criteria
Anyone who requires support with housing, benefits, employment, local clubs, and/or isolation
How to refer
Via the Joy platform on EMIS
✅ What this service does
- Support patients whose health is impacted by the social determinants of health
- Identify areas where patients would like to make positive changes, and signpost, refer and support them to make these changes.
- Co-produce a personalised support plan with the patient. The plan is based on the patients’ goals, and will include details on how they can achieve them and their progress.
- Offer a short-term service (8-12 weeks) which encourages patients to engage with local community support structures
❌ What this services does not do
- Long-term support
- Care navigation (instead try Care Coordinators)
- Behaviour change (consider Mental Health Service if related to mental health, or the Lifestyle Medicine/Diabetes Service )
- A service for those patients with serious substance misuse or complex mental health needs. These patients need more specialist support and will either refer back to GP or to Inclusion Health
Contact us
💻 Contact via the Joy application on EMIS