Member Spotlight – Peter Day, Senior Social Prescriber
My most significant achievement is being able to feed back to the doctors what we have achieved together to improve the life of the patients
Member Spotlight – Zoe Dunster, Community Link Advisor
You can never have too much information. It’s best to know resources and not need them, then need them and not know them. Every day is a learning cu…
Northern Ireland/Ireland: Social Prescribing Link Workers Conference-COVID 19 Experiences, Impact, Issues, and Best Practices
The speakers held discussions relating to empowerment, SPLW and their role in facilitating access to healthcare, SPLW professional practices, and the …
How Social Prescribing Link Workers are reducing social inequalities in the response to Covid-19
The NALW showcases the role of SPLW and its importance in reducing social inequality, facilitating access to care, and reducing pressure on NHS servic…
Scotland: Social Prescribing Link Workers Conference-COVID 19 Experiences, Impact, Issues, and Best Practices
The Conference held discussions relating to embedding social prescribing, strengthening it, and the impact of the work done by social prescribing link…
Wales: Social Prescribing Link Workers Conference-COVID 19 Experiences, Impact Current Issues and Future Proofing
The Conference held discussions relating to embedding social prescribing, strengthening it, and the impact of the work done by social prescribing link…
Member Spotlight – Claire Gardiner, Community Link Worker
I worked closely with colleagues to identify gaps in services for local men which led to a successful funding application that allowed us to run a Men…
No One is Coming To Save You, How I became a Social Justice Leader – Activating Your Inner Change Agent
There is an ever-increasing evidence base for the success of social prescribing and its impact on reducing social inequality. More and more NHS and s…
Member Spotlight- Jackie Clayton, Social Prescriber
Linking a patient with a local church who has offered to help with correspondence and prioritisation of appointments, this is especially helpful as th…
Member Spotlight- Marie Adams, Social Prescriber
I spoke to him recently and he has surpassed expectations and following his initial period will be offered a paid role in A&E.