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Occupational therapy: hospital setting. Worked with the mental health team to signpost patient to GP for talking therapy services when they disclosed feelings of anxiety.

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Creative Arts Practitioner/ Facilitator: From my perspective it would probably be from a workshop or group facilitator plus supporting people in community art projects just as performances, murals etc.

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Counselling: Social prescribing would allow me to offer additional support to my clients in between therapy sessions, and to scaffold more value to my therapy, as the clients are getting a more interactive and multi-disciplinary approach to their mental health support.

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Options for the Dramatherapist to support a client out into the community after discharge from inpatient unit, helping assist them to engage in a community group/activity that will support their ongoing recovery

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Work place / current counselling and psychotherapist student :Within my work place I am a disability employment advisor and I can start to get in touch with GPs to see who in the area has these 'link staff' and therefore be able to help customers learn a little bit more about social prescribing, or what options they could have

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As a paramedic I would say I social prescribe every shift and most recently for the majority of my patient's that I see. This is mainly back into the community such as community nurses, personal care, adult social care for urgent home assessments or OT referrals.

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I think even now having an awareness of social prescribing will mean I can refer people to these services and make my own contacts in the community.

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Making every contact count within childrens nursing while on health visiting placement

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Making every contact count within childrens nursing while on health visiting placement

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Support a client by signposting and supporting them to engage in a community group or activity that will support them after the therapy work. If they shared an interest of theirs and you were able to identify a group in the community that they might benefit from.

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As a nurse I could discuss holistic needs as part of my care plan. When identifying that my patient requires more assistance than I can give him as a health professional, I could discuss referring him to a link worker who can give him more care. I would be able to build awareness as I discuss this with my patients.

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In an acute psychosocial setting, we arrange group sessions wherein patients can go to museums, restaurants, shopping malls to let them interact with other people and engage in experiences.

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Counselling and Psychotherapy (And job role): Start to understand what local support there is for people that could empower and motivate them, making connections can support me to direct people, or make enquires on behalf of people.

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To get to know more about this and the links available, to enhance the communications between parents, carers and children within social prescribing

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Within the ambulance service we have a service finder app which aids signposting to the correct pathway. Sometimes we have to think outside of the box, especially on night shifts when the GP has actioned an ambulance for something they can easily sort out!

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Going forward I am going to ask about social prescribing within placements and when talking to different sectors within children's nursing and see if there are digital social prescribers for young adolescents who may want to reach out anonymously etc.

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Occupational Therapy: This could form a part of discharge planning, once the patient's basic health needs have been met or rehabilitated and if during therapy we uncover that they also have well-being needs such as being isolated or lonely, as a practitioner we could work within a MTD to refer the patient onto suitable voluntary services based around their expressed interests.

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Referred patient to social prescribing when ready to discharge from home intensive treatment team in elderly mental health. The patient used to be very active and attend social groups but had recently been in hospital, had lost her routine and social network

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Referred patient to social prescribing when ready to discharge from home intensive treatment team in elderly mental health. The patient used to be very active and attend social groups but had recently been in hospital, had lost her routine and social network

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Encourage family members and patients to engage in usual daily activities and to encourage them to keep an open mind as sometimes they tend to take these activities for granted when they were stronger or more able.

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Promote social prescribing through journal clubs and CME presentations with colleagues; educate physicians and administrators and let them know that we have professionals who can perform these managements.

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My essential role as a nurse would be to write a care plan to meet a patient’s holistic needs. To achieve this I would communicate with patients to discover their individual and personal needs and including the role of the link worker to facilitate and refer them to community services. If I was working as a community nurse I would ensure the patients I visit are happy and able to access all the support they require to live a contented lifestyle.  By Jaeger Collins

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After attending this session today and having understood the importance of social prescribing, I can now apply this to placements and working in the future. I can spread awareness by applying it when writing care plans for patients. Going forward I can highlight  the role of a link worker in my patient's plan and hopefully, this initiative can be observed and adopted by future nurses and fellow health professionals.  By Jaeger Collins