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1682060

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of social prescribing; and whether her Department issues guidance on which models provide the most effective treatment.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	9387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>As a relatively new programme, the evidence base around nationally linked social prescribing is still evolving and robust quantitative evidence is limited. However, a growing body of work is suggestive of positive effects. The Department continues to work to understand the effectiveness of social prescribing to enhance physical and mental health and wellbeing, building on existing positive local evidence.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care works on the Green Social Prescribing programme established with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to increase the use and connection to the natural environment to tackle mental ill health. The Department of Health and Social Care funds the evaluation and research element including research studies into angling and outdoor swimming.</p><p>The Department funds via grant the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP). Their role is to support and promote social prescribing at a local and national level and develop the evidence base. A range of research into the effectiveness of social prescribing published by NASP is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/read-the-evidence/" target="_blank">https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/read-the-evidence/</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/01/2024 09:39:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1674121

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the economic impact of social prescribing.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	4467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Social prescribing is a whole population and universal approach that can work particularly well for those managing conditions, which a non-clinical intervention can support.</p><p>Whilst no quantitative evaluation has yet been carried out, the National Academy of Social Prescribing has recently released an evidence summary, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/read-the-evidence/the-economic-impact-of-social-prescribing/" target="_blank">https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/read-the-evidence/the-economic-impact-of-social-prescribing/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department as part of its commitment with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs led Green Social Prescribing Programme commissioned and funded four research studies through the National Institute for Health and Care Research, which has initially shown positive impact on mental health outcomes.</p><p>We do not hold data on social prescribing for patients on clinical waiting lists.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 4468 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:55:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1674123

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to access whether social prescribing can assist people with (a) physical and (b) mental health optimisation for patients on clinical waiting lists.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	4468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Social prescribing is a whole population and universal approach that can work particularly well for those managing conditions, which a non-clinical intervention can support.</p><p>Whilst no quantitative evaluation has yet been carried out, the National Academy of Social Prescribing has recently released an evidence summary, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/read-the-evidence/the-economic-impact-of-social-prescribing/" target="_blank">https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/read-the-evidence/the-economic-impact-of-social-prescribing/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department as part of its commitment with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs led Green Social Prescribing Programme commissioned and funded four research studies through the National Institute for Health and Care Research, which has initially shown positive impact on mental health outcomes.</p><p>We do not hold data on social prescribing for patients on clinical waiting lists.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 4467 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:55:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1673357

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to maintain the requirement for every primary care network to provide a social prescribing service in the next GP contract and Primary Care Network Direct Enhanced Service specification.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	3887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>As per the commitment set out in the Changes to the GP Contract in 2023/24, we have engaged the profession, patients, integrated care systems, and other key stakeholders over the summer via an Expert Advisory Group, to inform the future general practitioner contract. Changes to the 2024/25 contract are subject to consultation with the British Medical Association General Practitioners Committee.</p><p>To meet the ambitions for social prescribing as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan we are continuing to roll out social prescribing link workers across the National Health Service and have exceeded the first target of 1,000 link workers by March 2021. As of September 2023, there were 3,599 full-time equivalent link workers in place.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/12/2023 13:06:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1673359

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many social prescribing link workers are working within local communities as of 27 November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	3888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>As of September 2023, there were 3,599 full-time equivalent social prescribing link workers employed by primary care networks, working within local communities.</p><p> </p><p>There are similar roles commissioned locally and delivered through local authorities and/or the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector. There is not a central measure in place for this workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The Major Condition’s Strategy case for change and strategic framework, published in August, set out the need to ensure the health and care system can take a holistic approach to mental and physical health, supporting people to live well, maximising opportunities for recovery and rehabilitation where possible, and supporting people to manage their own health both through prevention and ongoing management. As part of this, it identified significant possibilities in developing our approach to social prescribing, and we will be exploring this further as part of the development of the final Major Conditions Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 3889 question first answered 05/12/2023 13:07:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1673362

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of building social prescribing into long term condition pathways.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	3889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>As of September 2023, there were 3,599 full-time equivalent social prescribing link workers employed by primary care networks, working within local communities.</p><p> </p><p>There are similar roles commissioned locally and delivered through local authorities and/or the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector. There is not a central measure in place for this workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The Major Condition’s Strategy case for change and strategic framework, published in August, set out the need to ensure the health and care system can take a holistic approach to mental and physical health, supporting people to live well, maximising opportunities for recovery and rehabilitation where possible, and supporting people to manage their own health both through prevention and ongoing management. As part of this, it identified significant possibilities in developing our approach to social prescribing, and we will be exploring this further as part of the development of the final Major Conditions Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 3888 question first answered 05/12/2023 13:07:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1640120

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to ensure social prescribing plays a cross-cutting role in the Major Conditions Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	186776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department is working with partners to determine the appropriate role for social prescribing for the Major Conditions Strategy. The strategy is still evolving, and the Department recently put out a call for evidence. The interim report will be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 05/06/2023 11:05:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1564126

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to encourage NHS partner organisations including (a) businesses and (b) voluntary, community and social enterprises to participate in social prescribing programmes.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	117687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to encouraging a wide range of organisations to participate in social prescribing. To help grow and sustain social prescribing approaches and evolve and disseminate the evidence base, the Government established the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) in 2019. The organisation brokers relationships across health, local government, justice, arts and culture, sport and the outdoors, and other sectors, to increase the range and availability of community-based activities and support that people can be connected to. In December 2022 the Department announced £3.6 million of grant funding for NASP for two additional years.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2023 14:43:02 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1550334

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made in encouraging social prescribing.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	107158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>As of June 2022, there were more than 2,793 new social prescribing link workers in the National Health Service and as of November 2022, over 1.3 million people have been referred to social prescribing. The Department is also providing grant funding to the National Academy of Social Prescribing to advance social prescribing and disseminate good practice.</p><p>In 2021, NHS England issued guidance which stated that by April 2022, all integrated care boards were expected to have developed a formal agreement for engaging and embedding the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector in system-level governance and decision-making arrangements. The implementation guidance also describes embedding social prescribing services in integrated care systems.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 107159 107160 question first answered 16/12/2022 12:05:45 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1550336

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that all those who would benefit from social prescribing have access to it.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	107159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>As of June 2022, there were more than 2,793 new social prescribing link workers in the National Health Service and as of November 2022, over 1.3 million people have been referred to social prescribing. The Department is also providing grant funding to the National Academy of Social Prescribing to advance social prescribing and disseminate good practice.</p><p>In 2021, NHS England issued guidance which stated that by April 2022, all integrated care boards were expected to have developed a formal agreement for engaging and embedding the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector in system-level governance and decision-making arrangements. The implementation guidance also describes embedding social prescribing services in integrated care systems.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 107158 107160 question first answered 16/12/2022 12:05:45 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell