Social prescribing funding is crucial in helping social prescribing across different sectors grow and develop across the UK. To secure funding for social prescribing, social prescribing services and organisations must demonstrate the true value and benefits of social prescribing.
As social prescribing continues to grow and becomes more embedded within communities across various sectors including, PCNs, housing, and education, everyone involved must be aware of what social prescribing is and its benefits, as well as why social prescribing funding is important.
But what current funding is available for social prescribing and do the funding opportunities differ depending on your region?
At Access Elemental Social Prescribing, we know that social prescribing works, and for social prescribing to grow it is vital that programs and services receive regular funding to carry on supporting individuals to improve their mental health and wellbeing. We know that one of the most important ways to secure funding is being able to record, monitor, and track social prescribing journeys effectively to show the true value of social prescribing.
This article will review what social prescribing funding is, why it is important, the issues in securing funding, what funding opportunities are currently available across the UK, as well as how we can help secure future funding for your service at Access Elemental Social Prescribing.
Mental health issues amongst university students are growing year on year. On average, 1/3 of university student drop-outs are for mental health reasons. It has also been found that the mental wellbeing of students is lower on average than the rest of the population.
But why is it declining so much? What is the impact of this on students and on universities? And how can universities help to prevent further decline?
Being able to track, monitor, and improve student mental health is key for student success, satisfaction, and their future. For universities, it helps to prevent drop-out rates, improve their reputation by showing they care, and saves against a loss of revenue, so funding can be consistently given to improve the quality of teaching and facilities.
If you are a university or college and you are concerned about students’ mental health declining further, you are probably looking to find some new strategies to prevent this from happening. Social prescribing in university is a great strategy to help do this, as well as to help students become more proactive in managing their health and wellbeing.
At Access Elemental Social Prescribing we know social prescribing works and that its model can be adopted successfully for any sector including higher education. This article will review what student mental health is, the importance of it and why it has been declining, before summarising some of the best ways to improve it.
Student wellbeing is a term which encompasses the overall health of a student. This can include their mental, physical, and emotional health.
Student wellbeing is now being a measure that is used and considered when analysing student retention, academic performance, and the overall reputation of a higher education institution.
A student’s wellbeing can decline at any time. Whether it's exams, determining next steps, or personal issues. In order for it to be managed well, students must be able to learn how to not only look after their physical health, but their mental health too.
If you are a university or college you will be aware that in the last few years national student wellbeing has been in decline and you may be looking for new ways to help improve it so your students can get the best experience possible.
By the end of this article you should have a variety of tips and methods on not only how to improve student wellbeing, but how best to monitor it too, so you can have more effective preventative measures in place to avoid student drop-out rates increasing and a further decline in student’s’ mental health.
At Access Elemental Social Prescribing, we want to make sure all universities and colleges can easily record, track, and analyse, their student’s progress without it being time-consuming and resulting in staff re-keying the same information over and over.
This article will explore what student wellbeing is and what it means for students as well as universities and colleges to explain better methods in measuring it, improving it, and most importantly analysing it so student wellbeing can continuously improve, so students can make the best progress without feeling of stressed, anxious or lonely.
GP social prescribing has risen dramatically since social prescribing was embedded in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Currently 1 in 5 people visit their GP for non-clinical issues. This is because seeing a GP when trying to seek help is a familiar route for most individuals suffering with non-clinical issues. GPs can easily signpost individuals on where best to get help so the reliance on them is getting greater and greater. This can be very time-consuming for GPs, so social prescribing is now becoming more and more utilised and embedded within GP surgeries.
But how exactly are primary care networks using social prescribing and what does it mean for patients?
By the end of this article all these questions surrounding social prescribing in primary care networks (PCNs) should become clear.
At Access Elemental Social Prescribing our passion is to spread the word on what social prescribing can do and the impacts it can have on individuals, communities, and society as a whole.
In this article we will review what social prescribing across primary care is, including GP social prescribing is, the role of a Social Prescribing Link Worker within a GP practice, the benefits of embedding Link Workers within Primary Care as well as how social prescribing services and GP practices can seamlessly work together to manage social prescribing referrals more efficiently, get better outcomes, and improve quality of life.
Social prescribing self referrals are being increasingly used as social prescribing continues to grow year on year. Social prescribing is no longer just used and recognised in primary care. Now it is beginning to be well known, understood, and used in other sectors too. Some examples of other popular areas include social prescribing in housing and education.
With social prescribing expanding into different sectors, not one social prescribing journey is the same. Everyone will have different reasons for referral and how those referrals are sent and managed can differ too. One of the newest and simplistic ways for a social prescribing referral to take place is by an individual self-referring themselves.
But what is a self-referral and what does it mean?
At Access Elemental Social Prescribing we want to make managing social prescribing referrals easier to save Social Prescribing Link Workers time, so they can spend more time helping individuals rather than on admin.
In this article we will review what a social prescribing self-referral is, its benefits and why they are important, as well as reviewing what a social prescribing self-referral journey may look like and how they can be improved by acknowledging what disadvantages there could be and how to overcome them.
After reading this article you should have a much better idea of what self-referrals are and how best you might want to incorporate them to be a part of your social prescribing journeys.
Proactive social prescribing might be a new term for you. However, you have probably heard of social prescribing.
In the last couple of years, social prescribing has gained in popularity thanks to the NHS embedding it in their Long-Term Plan. It is thought that through this 900,000 people will be referred to social prescribing by 2023/2024.
With social prescribing becoming used more and more across Primary Care, proactive social prescribing has also gained popularity.
But, you are probably wondering what proactive social prescribing is? What are the benefits of proactive social prescribing and how it can prevent and treat health inequalities across a community?
Or maybe you are interested to see how other PCNs are embedding proactive social prescribing to improve their community’s health and wellbeing.
If that’s true, then by the end of this article you will be able to identify what proactive social prescribing is, why it is important, and how it can benefit your PCN to help you achieve your targets.
Are you unsure what the difference between population health and population health management is? Or do you know the difference but you are not sure how to implement it to have effective population health management? Or, are you just curious to see what software solutions are available?
By the end of this article, all these questions should be answered for you.
At The Access Group, we are aware of how health and care needs are changing. People are living longer with poorer health and some of our behaviours are increasing the risks of preventable diseases like type 2 diabetes.
We know that health is more than just medical; it can be affected by social, economic, environmental, and political factors out of our control too.
We work hard therefore to provide an eco-system of joined-up digital solutions to help you deliver and support better person-centred care to ensure better population health management outcomes.
In this article, we will compare the differences between population health, and population health management, whilst explaining why it is important locally, regionally, and nationally too. This article will then explain how different digital tools can help deliver effective population health management depending on your local community’s needs and goals.
In recent years social prescribing has grown dramatically across the UK. Currently 1 in 5 people visit their GP for non-clinical reasons. Social prescribing is a non-clinical way to support individuals to improve their health and wellbeing, and alleviate pressure on the NHS.
When an individual gets referred to a social prescribing programme they have often been referred by a referral agent or they have self-referred themselves. The most common referral agents tend to be GPs or nurses but could be in other roles including: housing officers, social workers, tutors or teachers. Once an individual has been referred they are connected to a Social Prescribing Link Worker who will meet with the individual to co-produce their social prescription.
Currently in the UK 1 in 3 of us will experience a mental health issue in our lifetime. Community navigators are essential in improving the wellbeing of individuals and the overall community. However, for a role so important not enough of us know what they are, what they do, or how they impact our wider community for the better.
At Access Elemental Social Prescribing we want everyone to understand what social prescribing is and the keyworkers that help make social prescribing a success, so we can improve the health and wellbeing of ourselves and our communities too.
Here is a guide breaking down the roles and responsibilities of a community navigator and 9 top tips for best practice to make sure your support is person-centred to achieve the best outcomes.
With Scotland being named as one of WHO’s forerunners for its global campaign of physical action, Scotland’s social prescribing schemes are becoming more widespread. But what is so significant about their social prescribing models?
This article explains what social prescribing is and why social prescribing in Scotland is significant in both Scotland and the rest of the UK.
