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Creating a Single Gateway to Community Health & Wellbeing Services North Somerset’s model is precisely what Integrated Care Systems have been asked to build: a community-rooted, data-enabled gateway that connects residents to preventative support before they reach statutory services. It’s local innovation in service of national ambition. The Challenge North Somerset Council like many local…
How we used technology and partnership working to support vulnerable adults during COVID19 By Karen Chillman, Head of Volunteering – Croydon Voluntary Action When COVID19 hit, our local authority reached out to Croydon Voluntary Action to help support vulnerable adults who didn’t have a health or social care need, but still needed support.…
Blog by Sirinda Bhandal, Simply Connect The NHS Long Term Plan states 1,000 link workers in GP practices by 2021 to support patients to access community services, now known as social prescribing. We all know the statistics that 20% of patients visit their GP for issues that don’t require a medical intervention and that often…
Our Founder, Sirinda Bhandal, talks about our journey into social prescribing Simply Connect is born from a Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) – Voluntary Action Sheffield. In 2008 we spotted an opportunity to support the voluntary and community sector through the effective use of digital. Many organisations were struggling to provide monitoring and impact reporting…