Social prescribing is an important part of the wellbeing landscape. In its broadest terms, social prescribing can be defined as approaches for connecting people to non-medical sources of community support or resources. As part of this new research, we’re looking at how excellence in social prescribing can be applied more widely to Scotland’s public services.
This new research project, which is being carried out by Support in Mind Scotland, is seeking to build understanding on how excellence in social prescribing can be applied to Scotland’s public services, and wishes to hear the views of those who have experience in this area, in particular:
- those who offer social prescribing (such as GPs or other health workers);
- those who work in the community, and have participated in providing services or support through social prescribing arrangements;
- those who have personal experience of accessing support through social prescribing.
Caroline Gardner, Chair of the Inclusive Public Service Working Group of the Post Covid-19 Futures Commission, states:
“We’re keen to learn from those involved with social prescribing, including people with personal experience of accessing support. We want to build up a picture of what’s happening now and what could happen – opportunities for change, for new practices and for further innovations across the breadth of Scotland.”
This survey has now closed.
