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Draft national guidance has been produced by NHS England to help Primary Care Networks introduce the role of Social Prescribing Link Worker. In this episode Social Prescribing enthusiast and GP, Dr Marie-Anne Essam, explains the value of the new guidance and takes Ben through a number of the elements it contains. They look at the Framework for Social Prescribing contained within the guidance, the salary for Link Workers and how their effectiveness and much more. The guidance will be published in its final form in the summer.

What’s in a name – The Social Prescribing Link Worker explained (1:09)

The draft guidance – still in development (2:09)

The status of the guidance (2:37)

PCNs and Link Workers – working differently (3:38)

Addressing the potential for duplication (5:02)

Using the money creatively – strengthening the system (6:23)

Making it “doable” (7:35)

The salary of the Link Worker – is it right? (8:31)

Making your PCN attractive to a Link Worker (10:22)

Supervision and training for Link Workers (10:58)

Quality assuring the Link Workers (12:36)

Measuring effectiveness (13:13)

The Framework for Social Prescribers (14:30)

Elements of the framework (15:02)

Other support available – education for the Link Workers (16:49)

Further information (17:47)

Marie-Anne can be emailed at marieanneessam@nhs.net

You can download a copy of the draft guidance here

This is the fourth in our series of podcasts on social prescribing. The other three can be found below:

Episode One: Marie-Anne Essam – Social Prescribing and Link Workers

Episode Two: Christiana Melam – The roles and skills of a Link Worker

Episode Three: Marie-Anne Essam – How social prescribing is changing patients’ lives