Is to support patients to manage their mental and physical health and wellbeing by signposting them to sources of support and information within the community. It means different things to different people.

• Family friends and support networks
• Hobbies and learning new skills: gardening, playing sport, cooking, arts and crafts
• Being active
• Eating healthily
• Employment or volunteering
• Basic needs – having access to enough money, food, heating, lighting, clothing

• Anyone who is aged 18 or over and falls under one or more of the criteria below:
• People with one or more long-term health conditions
• People who need support with their mental health
• People who are lonely or isolated
• People who have complex social needs like housing, requiring legal and financial advice on welfare issues, in home support, transport, etc.

Who may not be suitable for Social Prescribing?

• People with severe and enduring mental health conditions or severe LD
• People who are under the influence of drugs and alcohol and who are not willing and able to engage
• People who can get support from specialist services like Dementia Wellbeing Service; we can support these people by working with their family members/carers and also providing carers support
• We can’t speed up the social housing process