Social prescribers help people find non-medical solutions to improve their well-being. They connect individuals with community resources and activities. This helps improve factors like social isolation, mental health, and lifestyle. The goal is to enhance quality of life by considering other aspects of a person’s health beyond medical treatment.
The service can help you:
- Get support to improve your physical health.
- Find employment or volunteering opportunities or learn a new skill.
- Tackle money, housing, work or benefits issues.
- Cope with a particular condition or difficulty.
- Access ways of improving your emotional wellbeing such as befriending schemes, peer support or arts and leisure activities.
This is for patients aged 18 and over.
How do I book an appointment with a social prescriber?
Telephone and face to face appointments are available during the week.
If you would like to speak to a social prescriber, please ask a member of the practice to be referred. You can send an online “admin” request asking to be referred to the team.
We will contact the Social Prescribing team and they will get in touch to book you in for an appointment. They aim to contact you within a week.