Author: Department of Health and Social Care
Resource Type: Report
Categories: Communities and social prescribing
Publishing body: Government department
Social prescribing link workers (and other trusted professionals in allied roles) connect people to community groups and agencies for practical and emotional support, based on a ‘what matters to you’ conversation.
Preventing and tackling mental ill-health through green social prescribing is a cross-government project that was launched in October 2020. By effectively implementing GSP, the project aims to:
- improve mental health outcomes
- reduce health inequalities
- reduce demand on the health and social care system
- develop best practice at a local level
