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Social prescribing link workers: Reference guide for primary care networks


Link to PDF - pcn-reference-guide-social-prescribing.pdf

 

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Who is this guide for? This guide has been created for practice managers and clinical leads within primary care networks (PCNs), for social prescribing link workers, commissioners and local system partners, including voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) leaders, public health leaders, people with lived experience and patient groups. It should be read in conjunction with the accompanying document: Reference guide for primary care networks – Technical Annex.

Aims of this guide This guide is provided as additional information to help PCNs introduce the new role of social prescribing link worker into their multi-disciplinary teams as part of the expansion to the primary care workforce introduced under the GP contract reforms, using the new national funding available from July 2019, as part of the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES). It builds on the local system guidance provided in the Social Prescribing and Community Based Support Summary Guide.1 It should be read alongside other guidance that will be published about PCNs and the additional roles being funded under the DES.

It is recognised that many PCNs are new and finding their feet. At the same time, social prescribing is at different stages in different areas across the country. Social prescribing has emerged as a highly creative and collaborative approach in local areas and is key to supporting local areas address health inequalities, but it is not the same everywhere. In this first year of operation it will be important for all partners, including NHS England, to learn from emerging practice, to build in feedback and review processes, and to hear from a wider range of perspectives in local areas and emerging primary care networks about opportunities and challenges.

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