Our local GP surgeries were impressed by the impact of our community development work on their patients: they reported that they were more articulate in their appointments and came to the GP less frequently. As a result, in 2014 we developed our Community Linking Project, which has received national recognition and was influential in the roll out of social prescribing as a mainstream NHS Primary Care offer in 2019. Together with Primary Care, we combine the best of clinical and community expertise to meet the needs of people and link them to services best able to support them. The project now employs and supports a team of social prescribing workers across 25 GP surgeries in Gateshead. We were described by the NHS England lead for social prescribing as demonstrating national leadership through our work, which has also cited as an example of good practice in the Marmot 2020 review.
Across all of our work we recognise the unacceptable levels of health inequalities in Gateshead and are committed to helping tackle these. Our Health Equity team was established in 2022 and develops preventative community-based approaches to health and wellbeing in response to data on local health inequalities.
We know no one organisation by itself can help local people to make all the changes they identify as important to their lives and to their community and we work proactively with an extensive range of statutory, voluntary and community partners to build happier, healthier, friendlier communities.
This is just a snapshot of the work we are involved in, and the impact it has, please get in touch if you would like to find out more.
Our local GP surgeries were impressed by the impact of our community development work on their patients: they reported that they were more articulate in their appointments and came to the GP less frequently. As a result, in 2014 we developed our Community Linking Project, which has received national recognition and was influential in the roll out of social prescribing as a mainstream NHS Primary Care offer in 2019. Together with Primary Care, we combine the best of clinical and community expertise to meet the needs of people and link them to services best able to support them. The project now employs and supports a team of social prescribing workers across 25 GP surgeries in Gateshead. We were described by the NHS England lead for social prescribing as demonstrating national leadership through our work, which has also cited as an example of good practice in the Marmot 2020 review.
Across all of our work we recognise the unacceptable levels of health inequalities in Gateshead and are committed to helping tackle these. Our Health Equity team was established in 2022 and develops preventative community-based approaches to health and wellbeing in response to data on local health inequalities.
We know no one organisation by itself can help local people to make all the changes they identify as important to their lives and to their community and we work proactively with an extensive range of statutory, voluntary and community partners to build happier, healthier, friendlier communities.
This is just a snapshot of the work we are involved in, and the impact it has, please get in touch if you would like to find out more.
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