Richmond CCG Social Prescribing Pilot

National and local policy emphasises a need to embed prevention through deeper integration of primary care and community services. Social prescribing is one approach which has been widely cited as a care model to contribute towards this agenda. Social prescribing is a way of linking primary care patients with health or psycho-social issues, that could benefit from appropriate non-medical support, with sources of that within their local community. A Community Navigator does this by supporting service users to access...