Resources

Social prescribing is a rapidly emerging field – and it is sometimes hard to keep up with the sheer volume of publications, resources and general activity. This page is to signpost some key resources and links – and very much a work in progress. (If you have suggested additions, please get in touch!)

If you are new to social prescribing and want to find out what it is all about, the video below is a nice intro, and the publications ‘Social prescribing and community based support‘ guide from NHS England and ‘Making sense of social prescribing’ by Marie Polley & colleagues are good starting points.

Some key policy documents

• NHS Long Term Plan (NHS, 2019) – website
• Universal Personalised Care: Implementing the Comprehensive Model (NHS England, 2019)
• Social Prescribing and community-based support: summary guide (NHS England, 2019)
• A connected society: A strategy for tackling loneliness – laying the foundations for change (DCMS, 2018)
• Fair Society Healthy Lives (The Marmot review) (Marmot et al., 2010)
• Making personalised care a reality: The role of occupational therapy (RCOT, 2019)

Selected publications

• Making sense of social prescribing (Polley et al., 2017)
• Social prescribing: less rhetoric and more reality. A systematic review of the evidence (Bickerdike et al., 2017)
• Social prescribing: Steps towards implementing self-care – a focus on social prescribing (Healthy London Partnership, 2017)
• Wigan Community Link Worker Service Evaluation (Innovation Unit, 2016)
• The Rotherham Social Prescribing Service for People with Long-Term Health Conditions: Annual Evaluation Report (Dayson et al., 2016)

Links

• Social Prescribing Network
• National Academy for Social Prescribing
• NHS England – Social Prescribing
• North West Social Prescribing Network
• Future NHS Social Prescribing Collaboration platform
• Social Prescribing & Self Care Wiki
• ConnectLink: National Association of Link Workers
• RCOT – Occupational therapy’s role in social prescribing
• Personalised Care Institute
• Social Prescribing @ University of Plymouth