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Launching 'Ten Public Health Tips for the Social Care Workforce'

First Contact Clinical collaborate with DHSC and RSPH

The Department of Healthy and Social Care (DHSC), in collaboration with the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and key stakeholders, has launched a groundbreaking eLearning resource designed to empower social care frontline workers and...

Social Prescribing leads to substantial reductions in NHS use and costs

Avoidable GP appointments and A&E attendances

The National Academy of Social Prescribing higlights that social prescribing services can lead to substantial reductions in avoidable GP appointments and A&E attendances. NASP recommends that social prescribing continues to be...

Healthy Homes Newsletter

What is the aim of the scheme? Cold, damp homes are linked to ill health, lost school days and even early deaths. Low household income, poor heating or insulation and high energy costs contribute to fuel poverty. There are older, colder homes...

Social Prescribing and Smoking Cessation

Supporting people with a serious mental illness to become smoke free

People who experience severe mental illness (SMI) smoke tobacco at much higher rates than the general population and die on average 10–20 years earlier from smoking-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and...

Shortlisted for Social Prescribing Awards 2024

Best Local Social Prescribing Link Worker Team/Service

We wanted to share some great news. We have been shortlisted for the Best Local Social Prescribing Service in the National Social Prescribing Awards 2024! We will find out if we have won at the National Conference on the 19th of June. This is a...