Christina Smith, Sara Bailes and Xanthe Vanderputt.
Social Prescribing Link Workers, providing help and support for patients here and at The Orchard practice. They each have specialist skills and knowledge. Social prescribing link workers connect people to community-based support, including activities and services that meet practical, social, and emotional needs that affect their health and wellbeing. This includes connecting people to statutory services for example housing, financial and welfare advice. Social prescribing works particularly well for people with low level mental health needs, who feel lonely or isolated, with long term conditions and complex social needs. Social prescribing link workers work collaboratively across the health and care system, targeting populations with greatest need and risk of health inequalities. They collaborate with partners to identify gaps in provision and support community offers to be accessible and sustainable.
Hannah Richardson
GP Assistant taking on many of the activities usually done by GPs so that they have more time available to provide patient care. Hannah can also dip urine samples and do ECGs.