During Covid-19, the Connect Well service was launched to provide support online and remotely, offering socially distanced visits and classes where appropriate, making sure clients felt connected and supported.
The project was extended and young males were also invited to take part in the social prescribing programme. Hydebank Wood College wanted to create a mechanism for how they capture the things that mattered to the patients and better support those who suffer from anxiety, trauma and addictions through a range of non medical interventions within the prison.
SDCP’s social prescribing project, Get Well…Connected, was developed for people over 18 years of age in South Dublin who found they needed additional support for wider health and well-being needs identified by their GP. It is specifically designed for people who may feel lonely, socially isolated, anxious, depressed or in need of other forms of social support.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, partnered with Elemental to improve the way they managed and delivered social prescriptions within The Life Rooms and to help and support the work being done at Life Rooms services across Liverpool and Sefton. Read the full case study to find out about the outcomes of the partnership to date.
Recognising that people’s health is determined primarily by a range of social, economic and environmental factors, Dr Maassarani & Partners sought to support people’s needs in a holistic way through social prescribing.
Not only was the Wellbeing 4U service commended for their partnership with Cardiff and Vale Health Board winning the ‘Working With Other Sectors’ prize in the Welsh Housing Awards, but they’ve also just released their most recent Impact Statement, which contains some pretty impressive impact evidence, trailblazing best practice examples and inspiring patient case studies.
Using digital social prescribing technology, the aim of the partnership was to support and maximise the impact of SAIL – Safe and Independent Living by embedding a practice-based model which would enable GP’s to make direct referrals to community-based support, including social support, diet and nutrition, benefits advice and mental health.
Funded by the Public Health Agency, this project is a collaboration between tech for good company Elemental Software, Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum and 15 Healthy Living Centres throughout the North of Ireland. Over a two year period, 28,000 people will engage in the largest social prescribing programme in Northern Ireland using Elemental Software.
The first ever Elemental pilot took place in the Creggan Community in Derry. The Old Library Trust Healthy Living Centre was running a social prescribing programme and used Elemental to better empower individuals in co-creating their social prescriptions and keep track of their health risk reduction journey.
Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum (BBHF) is a community led health improvement organisation bringing together people, groups and agencies to enhance health and wellbeing. Bogside and Brandywell is an area of deep deprivation and high health inequalities.
Derry based Clarendon Medical Centre was one of the first GP surgeries to recognise the benefits of the Elemental social prescribing platform and the difference it could make in fast tracking referrals for individuals in need of non medical support.
Dubai Health Authority, in partnership with Elemental Software launched the Happiness Prescribing Programme to trial and adopt a new approach for diabetes prevention. Using innovative technology to connect communities with diabetes prevention support, the partnership enabled individuals ‘at risk’ to better understand their health issues and create their own Diabetes prevention plan which reduced their…
