A Review of Social Prescribing in Southwark

This review explores:

What is working well and what isn’t working well and where extra funds and resources are needed to support a more coordinated social prescribing model for local people.

Read the Executive summary here and the full report here.

Healthwatch Southwark also conducted a review of the patient experience of social prescribing which you can read here

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South London Gallery Body Building Workshop with Rhiannon Hunter

Join this free, drop-in workshop for families! Create your own wearable architectural designs out of cardboard, colourful tape and paper with artist Rhiannon Hunter
South London Gallery Art of the Rave Flyer with Junior Tomlin

Join artist Junior Tomlin, dubbed ‘the Salvador Dali of Rave’ as he revisits his 1990s dance night flyers including designs made for local club Peckham Lazerdrome
Talk by Shamica Ruddock and Ashley Holmes in South London Gallery

South London Gallery Postgraduate artist-in-residence Shamica Ruddock and artist DJ Ashley Holmes will discuss their work, inspirations and interests and their own sound practices
Pecan Women's Service Mental Health Advocate role

This is an exciting new role aimed at breaking down barriers to mental health services for vulnerable women

Meeting Minutes

Minutes from SSPN meetings 2021/22
Taking Stock: Social Prescribing Scoping Report

Taking Stock: Scoping the position of social prescribing in Southwark Report is here - (Published 30 June 2021).
Our Healthier South East London - Social Prescribing

Find out more about social prescribing in this video
Learning from the 3 Network Sessions

We held three network meetings in 2019, attended by people across the voluntary sector, public health and the NHS.
Learning from elsewhere

There are many social prescribing services and models across the country that we can learn from. This page sets out just a few of the best evaluations and pieces of learning.
Digital Platforms

One of the key points made during Network 1 was that we need to be careful not to exclude people through the use of technology.
Blog from our clinical lead on Social Prescribing

“Last week in clinic a patient said to me: ‘I’m not here about my COPD. I joined a choir after a lung rehabilitation course 3 years ago and I haven’t had any trouble from my breathing since.’
And what is social prescribing?

We recognise that social prescribing is a clunky term, but it is now being used and recognised by health and social care nationally...
About the Social Prescribing Network

The end goal of the network sessions is to develop a business case for future funding of social prescribing to bring to Guy's and St Thomas’ Charity in 2020.