Social prescribing helps connect people to groups and services in the community. It is to help them manage their health and wellbeing.
It can help with lots of different things in a person’s life. For example:
- Reducing loneliness.
- Improving physical health.
- Dealing with debt.
- Lots of other things. It depends on each person and what they need.
Also sometimes called: community-based referral, community connection, non-medical referral
Connected terms: Action Planning, Co-Production, Community Assets, Community Support Hubs, Holistic, Person-Centred Approach, Referral, Signposting & Active Signposting, Social Prescribing Pathway, Social Prescribing Practitioner, Wellbeing, What Matters Conversation
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