Social prescribing: what's in it for patients? (Patients Association webinar)

Summary

The Patients Association spoke to Christiana Melam, Marie Adams and Susan Leach during Patient Partnership Week to talk about all things to do with social prescribing. 

Christiana is the Chief Executive of the National Association of Link Workers, the UK's professional network for social prescribing link workers. She is an advocate for diversity, inclusion, coproduction, bottom-up approaches, social justice, empowering people and reducing inequality.

Marie is a social prescriber, and Susan is a patient who has used social prescribing as part of her healthcare. Susan talked candidly about the relationship with Marie and how Marie has helped her cope with some serious challenges in her life.