DHSC 23 October 2019
- The National Academy for Social Prescribing will work to:
- standardise the quality and range of social prescribing available to patients across the country
- increase awareness of the benefits of social prescribing by building and promoting the evidence base
- develop and share best practice, as well as looking at new models and sources for funding
- bring together all partners from health, housing and local government with arts, culture and sporting organisations to maximise the role of social prescribing
- focus on developing training and accreditation across sectors
- The Academy has been developed in partnership across government, with Sport England, Arts Council England and a range of voluntary sector partners, and will be chaired by Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard.
