Social prescribing (Guidelines)
TAM (Treatments and Medicines) NHS Highland
What's new / Latest updates
27/05/25: Link to Access Elemental - Marketplace added
20/02/25: Social prescribing definition and examples added
24/1/25: guidance reviewed. no amendments needed
15.11.24: Additional tab added CLW Guidance to support GP Practices (adobe.com)
Audience
- All NHS Highland
- Primary Care
- Adults only
An internationally accepted definition for Social Prescribing:
“A means for trusted individuals in clinical and community settings to identify that a person has non-medical, health-related social needs and to subsequently connect them to non-clinical supports and services within the community by co-producing a social prescription; a non-medical prescription, to improve health and wellbeing and to strengthen community connections.”
Social Prescribing can help to support patients when social issues are impacting on their health and wellbeing, these might include:
- Money worries
- Long term conditions
- Caring responsibilities
- Mental wellbeing
- Housing concerns
- Loneliness
- Bereavement
- Drugs, tobacco and alcohol use.
For more information, see NHS Highland website: Social prescribing | NHS Highland (scot.nhs.uk)
Community Link Worker Service
- Practical Guidance to support GP Practices to use their Community Link Worker Provision can be accessed: CLW Guidance to support GP Practices (adobe.com)