Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: Social prescribing: c/o @TheKingsFund - Three questions

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Monday, November 05, 2018

Social prescribing: c/o @TheKingsFund - Three questions

individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group

Does it work?


What is it?



And how does it fit in 
with wider health and care policy?



Social prescribing is not a quick fix, a social distraction from a clinical problem. How this is approached - negotiated - will be a clear factor in the shared success of social prescribing as an effective, intervention for the person concerned, the NHS AND society.