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Social prescribing is already proving its worth in many practices up and down the country. It is traditionally embedded and under the control of the PCN or health authority but what about when provision of the service is by way of a third-party organisation? Edberts House is a charitable, community-based project in Gateshead who have long been involved in supporting the health and well-being needs of their local populations. It is a testament to their success that they are now responsible for the provision of social prescribing link workers to the health authorities in their area and it is a model that they believe is undoubtedly the most effective in giving the most vulnerable access to fully holistic care. Jackie Jamieson is the Community Linking Project Manager at Edberts House and speaks to Ben about how the third-party model works in practice, the benefits of the model and the impact they are making on the practices they work with – and their patients.

Introductions (0:33)

What is Edberts House? (0:43)

How social prescribing at Edberts House was born (1:24)

The population and PCNs Edberts House cover (2:41)

How the service works in practice (3:19)

Staffing bases (4:24)

Referral process (5:06)

The role of the social prescriber (5:42)

Caseload numbers (7:07)

Relationships with the PCNs (7:46)

Funding and finance structure (9:17)

Partnership recruitment (9:17)

Meeting referral benchmarks (10:31)

Referral numbers (11:40)

How are the team at Edberts House making a difference? (12:59)

Feedback from practices (14:39)

Linking with other additional roles (15:27)

Planning for the future (s16:38)

Are partnership models more likely to succeed? (18:30)

Getting in touch (s19:06)

For more information, the Edberts House website is here

Another reminder that If you are interested in joining the PCN Clinical Director mastermind group programme which Rachel Morris and Ben have setup, or have any questions, please email ben@ockham.healthcare or rachel@shapestoolkit.com – or please check out our dedicated page here.