Social Prescribing Awareness

This session explains how social prescribing can help patients access and engage with the medical aspects of their health, advising that social prescribing is the most transformative and effective treatment for patients with complicated, disempowered lives.

Objectives

• Learn how an authentic, personal and transformative approach which provides support can help individuals
• Understand how dealing with social determinants helps the patient address medical issues
• Learn the benefits social prescribing offers individuals, carers, families, communities, organisations and populations.
• Gain an overview of the development of social prescribing in England
• Understand how social prescribers can be effectively embedded into the practice team
• Learn the importance of allocating resources to where they are needed most

Designed for
Any staff member who wants to enhance their knowledge of social prescribing.