While GPs making referrals to one programme considered continued funding for social prescribing a high priority (Longwill, 2014), discontinuation of funding and funding shortages was a challenge for providers (Sussex Interpreting Services 2018b, NHS Scotland 2014, Askins, 2014, Healthwatch Islington 20...
A‘link worker’ approach to social prescribing is part of a growing emphasis on community engagement and health promoting activities. It provides a wider range of possible responses to health and social problems, and ensures that people can have access to up-to-date...
Health & Social Care in the CommunityWhite JM, Cornish F and Kerr S (2017) 'Front-line perspectives on "joined-up" working relationships: a qualitative study of social prescribing in the west of Scotland', Health Soc. Care Community 25, 194-203....
Green Social Prescribing: what do patients, the public and clinicians think? Our project ‘Preventing and tackling mental ill health through green social prescribing’ gathered robust evidence on perceptions and behaviours related to green social prescribing. Learn more Social Housing: Jeremy Hunt ...
The act of prescribing multiple medications. No formal agreement on the number of medications exists but usually classed as those on four to six medications a day. In older adults this increases the risk of side effects and adverse events. Telemedicine Remote delivery of health or social care us...
Over several decades, the Vietnamese government has increasingly cut its investment in the public higher education system and has also introduced a cost-sharing mechanism. Under this scheme, Vietnamese public universities have been seeking other sources
(50–80 s) adults participating in a GOHW in Scotland, United Kingdom (UK). Verbatim transcripts were analysed through an iterative process of thematic analysis carried out by an interdisciplinary team of qualitative researchers from environmental psychology, medicine, and geography. Themes provide ...
social return on investment (SROI); social cost–benefit analysis; lifestyle coaching; mental health; wellbeing; social prescribing1. Introduction 1.1. Background One in four adults in the United Kingdom (UK) is affected by poor mental health in their lifetime [1]. Poor mental health ...