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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…

NALW 22nd March 2021

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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…

NALW 22nd March 2021

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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…

NALW 15th March 2021

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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…

NALW 14th March 2021

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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…

NALW 16th December 2020

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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.

NALW 16th December 2020

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Member Spotlight- Veronica Kuperman, Social Prescribing Manager

The most significant accomplishment has been starting a service from scratch when Social Prescribing was in its early stages and seeing the service gr…

NALW 16th December 2020

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Protected: 2nd Annual UK Social Prescribing Link Worker Day Conference Videos (9th October 2020)

The videos are only accessible to #LinkWorkerDay2020 conference delegates

NALW 15th October 2020

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Social Prescribing in a Time of Social Distancing

The challenges of creating community connections for people during the coronavirus restrictions

NALW 31st July 2020

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29% of Social Prescribing Link Workers plan to leave in the next year due to lack of clinical supervision and support according to NALW survey

Today, 8th July marks the 1st anniversary of Link Worker Day. Lord Victor Adebowale (current Chair of NHS Confederation), in his keynote speech on Link…

NALW 8th July 2020

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