Healthy London Partnership December 2018
- This guidance outlines an approach for NHS commissioners and senior managers to introduce a social prescribing champion model, one that may be supported by a digital platform, to enhance your local social prescribing offer.
- The guidance is produced from the learning gained from a pilot project in two boroughs in south west London, Merton and Wandsworth.
- Section 1 sets out information to help understand whether a social prescribing champion model is right for your locality.
- Section 2 sets out information for how to develop a social prescribing champion model; how it adds support to the workforce and how to train people to become champions.
- Section 3 sets out things to consider when choosing a digital platform, such as an online, searchable directory of services, to help champions and link workers to refer people to local services and activities.
- Section 4 sets out the model of care that was piloted in Merton and Wandsworth London boroughs.
- Section 5 includes tops tips and links to handy resources, including the social prescribing champion training course that was developed through this project.
- An evaluation report is also available with data about utilisation of the social prescribing champion model and feedback from key stakeholders and participants during the 18 month delivery of the project.
