Skip to main content

What is social prescribing? Health Information for Social Prescribing

By

 Today you can learn about social prescribing.

What is social prescribing?

search box with "what is social prescribing" being written into it

These resources will help you to understand what social prescribing is:

Start with this short animation:



Find out more from the National Academy for Social Prescribing.

NHS England have a series of videos and written case studies featuring professionals and individuals on their experiences of social prescribing. You can see what it looks like in practice.

You can learn more about social prescribing within the NHS and its impact on personalised care from the NHS England website.

Read the in-depth explainer from The King’s Fund for more information.

This document, Social prescribing: applying All Our Health, from the UK government explain how to promote social prescribing in healthcare practice.

For information of what is happening locally check the Support Staffordshire website. Support Staffordshire work with local primary care groups to deliver social prescribing opportunities.

Does it work? The joint Keele / NHS CAT group has investigated the question: Is there evidence to show that participation in walking groups can benefit health outcomes? Here’s a report of what they found.

Looking for more resources on the Internet?

Remember to check the quality of the information sources you find. Complete our tutorial Evaluating information on the Internet. Use this checklist for a simple and quick evaluation of information.

Need more help?

Get in touch with the Health Library if you need any help accessing resources or finding the right information.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Information skills to support literature searching

By
As healthcare workers you make decisions based on evidence. Whether you are presenting arguments in an assignment, discussing changing practice, researching a new intervention or deciding on the best patient care, you need the best evidence to help you. To find the best evidence you need to use your information skills, so that you can gather the best information as efficiently and effectively as possible. Developing a literature search plan will remind you of the steps to follow and help you to be systematic in your searching. We can help you to develop your skills and set you on the right path to completing your literature search, to find the information you need. Try these tutorials to get started with literature searching: 1. Complete our tutorial Introduction to Literature Searching . Follow these steps to start your literature search plan. Print out your completed plan at the end. 2. Save a template Search Plan . Use this plan to prompt you to think about your search t...
Post a Comment
Read more

V is for visit us

By
Why not come along and visit us? We are located on the ground floor, in the Clinical Education Centre, at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. Here are some instructions on how to get here, along with a Google Street map view. We’re in the really distinctive round building you can see from the A34. The library is usually a quiet place to study or catch up on some paperwork. You can use the silent study room if you need. We also have NHS and Keele networked computers, as well as provision for photocopying, scanning and printing. More Help Please check our opening hours before you visit Contact the Health Library here if you need to.
Post a Comment
Read more