Who we are
NASP is a national charity that champions social prescribing. We support and connect people, communities and organisations so that more people across the UK can enjoy better health and wellbeing.
Social prescribing has been shown to be effective in supporting patients with long-term conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular problems, dementia and cancer. It has huge potential to benefit individuals, our health system and society as a whole.
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Whether you’re a health professional or link worker, involved with a voluntary organisation, or here to find help for yourself or a loved one, we have advice and information that can help.
For people struggling with loneliness, financial worries and many other issues, social prescribing could be described as “hope on prescription.” For the health service, it’s a system that makes sustainable sense.
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Report
This is the final report from a year-long research project exploring the potential for greater community involvement in and leadership of social prescribing in England. The research concludes that sustainable investment in community development, capacity and resources is needed to enable community leadership of and involvement in social prescribing.
Briefing
There is strong and growing evidence that social prescribing services can lead to substantial reductions in avoidable GP appointments, hospital admissions and A&E attendances. The report brings together studies from nine areas, which look specifically at the impact of social prescribing on NHS service use.
Briefing and Rapid Scoping Review
NASP commissioned a rapid scoping review to identify and collate existing resources that aim to support the evaluation of social prescribing activities, particularly within the VCFSE sector, assess the appropriateness and quality of these resources and determine the need for an additional toolkit.
