Who can it work for?
Social prescribing can work for a wide range of people:
- With long term conditions<
- With mental health needs
- With complex social needs
- With a desire to lose weight and get fit
- Who are lonely and isolated
- In need of help with housing, financial or employment issues.
Pause to reflect
Do you know what community assets/organisations are available in your local area? List as many as you can.
• What are you doing/could you do with the assets to support the wider self care agenda
• How could you liaise with local organisations, healthcare professionals, charities? You may already have informal links in place through signposting when advising your patients/customers. Extending those links to a more collaborative working platform may be easier than you think.