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ABOUT
ABOUT
Patients visit their GPs for a range of different reasons and sometimes these issues can be caused by non-medical matters such as loneliness, anxiety, unemployment, illness or debt.
Social prescribing link workers work in partnership with GP surgeries and can help people to access appropriate support in the community, to help them make positive changes to their personal wellbeing.
Our social prescribers are currently provided by Citizens Advise service and are not based within your GP practice.
HOW THEY CAN HELP
HOW THEY CAN HELP
Social prescribing link workers can offer support and signposting for a variety of non-clinical interventions. Some of the many examples of this include:
people struggling to adapt or cope with chronic conditions that can’t be addressed by clinical consultation
mental health and emotional wellbeing
relationship difficulties
domestic abuse
loneliness and isolation
low self esteem
poor housing
financial issues, including benefits
HOW TO SEE ONE
HOW TO SEE ONE
Social prescribing is open to patients aged 18+ who present to their GP with issues that have a non-clinical underlying cause. Patients may have a social need, ongoing health conditions, regularly attend their GP surgery or are at risk of unplanned admission.
A clinician or your GP receptionist may refer you for social prescribing if you consent to this. Alternatively, if you feel you would benefit from one of our social prescribers, you could speak to the reception team about being referred for help.
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LEARN MORE
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