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Interim Report on impact of COVID19 on VCSE sector and social prescribing

2nd June 2020

In March 2020 we were commissioned by Greater London Authority to complete a short project to support the VCSE sector to deliver social prescribing. In light of COVID19 the whole focus of our work has shifted as we now consider the impact of COVID19 on the VCSE sector, and support being provided for vulnerable people.…

Shall we just stop calling it social prescribing?

7th February 2019

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…