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Social prescribing - has anyone used the service?

Iain

I've noticed a few people talking about a newish service from the NHS called Social prescribing which sounds like it could be of a lot of use to us autists.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/

There do seem many areas which cover autistic needs:

Social prescribing is an all-age, whole population approach that works particularly well for people who:

- have one or more long term conditions
- who need support with low level mental health issues
- who are lonely or isolated
- who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

Has anyone found this service to be offered locally? I would be interested in hearing your feedback on whether the staff are knowledgable about autism and if they have the resources to offer a meaningful service.

Parents

  • Social Prescribing in concept is an idea that makes a lot of sense - there are existing services within the council funded, and voluntary sectors that might help to improve a person's health and wellbeing. In theory a social prescriber team would have a detailed knowledge of all groups, facilities, and services that are non-clinical in that specific area.

    In practise it's a bit of a lottery. It is dependant not only on the services and facilities in your specific area, but also on the knowledge of the team to whom you're referred by a clinician. 

    In my case, the team in question wanted to refer me to Citizen's Advice who might be able to help with food bank vouchers (despite me not requiring such). A different time, the social prescriber was very pro-gym memberships and gave me a whole boatload of info on the council run gyms because that would promote better health. Sadly, on that instance, my issues were that the specific issue I was dealing with (and still am) has reduced my capacity to exercise having taken me from 10km walks daily to pretty bad pain when pushing much past 1km.

    As I say, in concept the idea is great. They should be services that would point you and signpost you to places you as an individual might not be aware of. In practise, devolution has meant that councils don't all offer the same types (or quality) of services. And sadly some social prescribing teams might not be very well trained or briefed.

    Your mileage may vary if you're in a different NHS Trust or council area.

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  • Social Prescribing in concept is an idea that makes a lot of sense - there are existing services within the council funded, and voluntary sectors that might help to improve a person's health and wellbeing. In theory a social prescriber team would have a detailed knowledge of all groups, facilities, and services that are non-clinical in that specific area.

    In practise it's a bit of a lottery. It is dependant not only on the services and facilities in your specific area, but also on the knowledge of the team to whom you're referred by a clinician. 

    In my case, the team in question wanted to refer me to Citizen's Advice who might be able to help with food bank vouchers (despite me not requiring such). A different time, the social prescriber was very pro-gym memberships and gave me a whole boatload of info on the council run gyms because that would promote better health. Sadly, on that instance, my issues were that the specific issue I was dealing with (and still am) has reduced my capacity to exercise having taken me from 10km walks daily to pretty bad pain when pushing much past 1km.

    As I say, in concept the idea is great. They should be services that would point you and signpost you to places you as an individual might not be aware of. In practise, devolution has meant that councils don't all offer the same types (or quality) of services. And sadly some social prescribing teams might not be very well trained or briefed.

    Your mileage may vary if you're in a different NHS Trust or council area.

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