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Social prescribing and directories

Connect people to what their community offers

Find, share and follow up local services from one live directory, so more people take up the support that helps their mental and emotional wellbeing.

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50+care pathways with matched local services and content
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For link workers

Less admin, more time with people

Referral, tracking and reporting in one system

Interoperable software that works across primary, community and voluntary sectors, so link workers spend less time on spreadsheets.

Add services to care plans and referral pathways
Send the right services by app or SMS
Track attendance and wellbeing on one dashboard
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In practice

What matters to John

John has felt low since his wife died. In one conversation, Kemi finds out what matters to him and shares three local places to his phone, and the catalogue shows what works and what’s missing.

What matters to himCompany, getting out and gardening, noted on his record.

Which services workPlaces shared, viewed and joined, and the gaps.

Checked in the catalogueEvery place shows when it was updated, and if it’s closed.

Shared while they talkThe garden and two more near him, with a text to find them.

  1. What matters to him?
  2. What’s near him?
  3. Will he reach them?
  4. Which services work, and where are the gaps?

ReferredJohn, 72, has been low since his wife died. His GP refers him for social prescribing.

What matters to himKemi, his link worker, asks him and notes it on his record: company, getting out, gardening; low most days; somewhere near home.

The leaflet on her deskThree gardening groups near him. It was printed in March 2024.

Checked against the catalogueEvery place shows when it was last updated. Two of the three have closed; the community garden is open, updated last month.

Shared while they talkThe garden, and two more places near him. A text tells him where to find them.

On his phoneHe calls the garden. Then Kemi offers to introduce him, and he picks Tuesday mornings.

What the catalogue showsPlaces shared, viewed and signed up for, and a gap: no evening groups in Northgate.

What matters to him, near home

Service directory

A directory that stays up to date

Manage community services across practice, PCN and ICS in one place. Feeds from Open Active and Open Referral keep listings current.

What's included

Bulk upload of local services
A portal for VCSEs to list and update services
Culturally diverse services, filtered by need and location
For VCSEsReach the right people, receive referrals and see who comes.
For councilsPut the directory on your own website and see uptake on one dashboard.
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Connected to community

The places people are referred to

Walking groups, cafés, gardens and exercise classes, found, referred to and followed up in one place.

Volunteers talk together outdoorsFriends talk over coffee and cake in a caféFriends tend vegetables in a community gardenPeople exercise together in a community hallThree women talk as they walk along a path in a parkVolunteers talk together outdoorsFriends talk over coffee and cake in a caféFriends tend vegetables in a community gardenPeople exercise together in a community hallThree women talk as they walk along a path in a park
People plant vegetables in raised beds in a community gardenA family walks across a sunny parkPeople do a strength class with resistance bandsA couple walk hand in hand through a townA care worker shows an older woman something on a tablet at homePeople plant vegetables in raised beds in a community gardenA family walks across a sunny parkPeople do a strength class with resistance bandsA couple walk hand in hand through a townA care worker shows an older woman something on a tablet at home

Social prescribing

The community around them

Manage community services across practice, PCN and ICS in one place. Link workers find what fits, add it to the plan and see who keeps going.

  1. 1Services around themWalking groups, cooking classes, debt advice, choirs and peer support, all in one directory.
  2. 2Picked togetherThe link worker and the person choose what fits, and it goes into their plan with days and times.
  3. 3Followed throughAttendance comes back to the team week by week, so no one drops out unseen.
  4. 4Always up to dateFeeds from Open Active and Open Referral keep listings current.
Margaret’s planA nurse talks with an older woman at home, a tablet in her handChosen with Sam
  • Three women talk as they walk along a path in a parkWalking groupTuesdays, 10:00
  • A couple cook a healthy meal together in their kitchenCooking classThursdays, 18:00
  • Neighbours greet each other outdoors, one holding flowersPeer supportFridays, 14:00
Directory kept up to date from Open Active and Open ReferralRefreshed today

Social prescribing

The community around them

  1. 1Services around themWalking groups, cooking classes, debt advice, choirs and peer support, all in one directory.
  2. 2Picked togetherThe link worker and the person choose what fits, and it goes into their plan with days and times.
  3. 3Followed throughAttendance comes back to the team week by week, so no one drops out unseen.
  4. 4Always up to dateFeeds from Open Active and Open Referral keep listings current.

The right local services, found and followed through

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Margaret’s planA nurse talks with an older woman at home, a tablet in her handChosen with Sam
  • Three women talk as they walk along a path in a parkWalking groupTuesdays, 10:00
  • A couple cook a healthy meal together in their kitchenCooking classThursdays, 18:00
  • Neighbours greet each other outdoors, one holding flowersPeer supportFridays, 14:00

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