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Confused by social prescribing? We can help!


Social prescribing helps to connect people to community-based support to better manage their health and well-being. 

Unfortunately, social prescribing currently has a lot of confusing language. Sometimes complicated labels are used for what are straightforward things and sometimes social prescribing is referred to as a different term, for example community connection, community referral or supported referral.

splossaryTM is a glossary of social prescribing terms and descriptions – to help people understand the language used in social prescribing.  

The video below explains social prescribing and how to use splossaryTM.

The video below explains social prescribing and how to use the splossaryTM.