1. Using social prescribing to improve health and wellbeing and to address health inequalities Richard Watson, Programme Manager Healthy Hastings and Rother

4. Healthy Hastings and Rother Programme 4 Investing in GP and pharmacy services Cancer Children’s health Mental health Promoting healthy lifestyles Community and patient engagement Investing in GP and pharmacy services Stopping smoking Mental health Children’s health Tackling obesity Cancer Promoting healthy lifestyles Community and patient engagement Addressing the wider determinants

5. Social Prescribing Definition: “Patients receive a ‘social prescription’ as a way to connect to services and groups outside of formal health or social care” Source: Nesta, 2016

6. Community Wellbeing Service - Hastings Three levels of support are provided to patients to address the social and economic issues affecting their mental wellbeing: Level 1 - Brief intervention Level 2 - A one-off meeting to provide focussed support Level 3 - Case working with more intensive follow-up and on-going support

7. Benefits to patients Helps build confidence, engage with services and become more resilient Improves wellbeing by connecting with and exploring issues with a professional Enables access to a wide range of services that have a positive effect on health and wellbeing 88% have not visited their GP again about their mental or emotional wellbeing 75% have been supported to achieve their goals

8. Benefits to clinical teams Steady increase in the number of referrals from GP practices 80% stated that GP appointments for referred patients have reduced 100% stated that the CWS offers the type of non-clinical support required

9. Thank you and questions If you would like more information please contact: Richard Watson richard.watson6@nhs.net 9