April 2018
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The seminar discussed what more might be done to support the increased use of social prescribing in England.
Key areas for discussion on the day included:
- The role of social prescribing in STPs and London’s Health Inequalities Strategy;
- Progress of the Integrated Personal Commissioning programme;
- Implications for primary care: resources, workload and developing a standardised referral mechanism;
- Priorities for developing quality assurance requirements for service providers;
- The use of advice on prescription in addressing the underlying causes of ill-health;
- Challenges for building up the evidence base and scaling up; and
- Key issues around prevention, the potential for long-term savings, and the potential impact on commissioning.
