Wolverhampton North Network has launched our own in-house Social Prescribing service available to all patients registered at any of our practices.
Social Prescribing is a non-medical approach to improving your health and wellbeing by putting you in touch with voluntary and community organisations across Wolverhampton.
There is a wide range of areas of assistance that can be offered, including:
- Debt/benefits advice
- Walking groups
- Gym classes
- Friendship groups
- Arts and crafts
- Training and volunteering opportunities
- Aids and adaptions issues
- Social isolation
- Welfare rights
- Bereavement counselling
- Counselling
Social prescribing is not designed to replace medical support but getting involved with groups and activities for things that you are interested in can lead to better mental and physical health. It aims to:
- help improve the quality of life of patients through education and low level support
- enable patients to develop friendships and networks
- raise patients’ awareness of available services
Your GP teams or community nursing teams are amongst the people who can refer you to the Social Prescribing service.
If you are referred you will be contacted by our Social Prescribing Link Worker, who will contact you and explain the service in more detail to you. By discussing your individual needs, we can find the best way to offer support, in a personalised and confidential manner.
If you are a patient and would like further information, please contact the reception team at your surgery.
If you are working for an external organisation, and one of Wolverhampton North Network's patients are under your care, you can refer to this service using the WNN Social Prescriber Referral Form.
Referrals must be completed in full to be accepted, and sent to: wnn.wnn.social-prescribing@nhs.net