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<p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>In the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England
and NHS Improvement committed to deliver at least £4.5 billion of new investment in
primary medical and community health services over the next five years. Part of this
investment will support the recruitment of over 1,000 trained social prescribing link
workers in place by the end of 2020/21, rising further by 2023/24, with the aim that
over 900,000 people are able to be referred to social prescribing schemes by then.</p><p>
</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working to get all social prescribing services,
local commissioners and providers involved in measuring the impact of social prescribing
locally. It has developed a Common Outcomes Framework (COF) for social prescribing
which will enable social prescribing connector schemes across the country to capture
core impact data. This will help to create a consistent evidence base; support the
business case; and, build a national picture of the impact of social prescribing.
The outcomes cover three key areas: the impact on the person; the impact on community
groups; and the impact on the health and care system. NHS England and NHS Improvement
will be working with stakeholders in a phased approach over the next two years to
embed the use of the measures in the COF for the evaluation of social prescribing
schemes.</p><p>The COF can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/social-prescribing-community-based-support-summary-guide.pdf"
target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/social-prescribing-community-based-support-summary-guide.pdf</a>
<br></p><p>On 23 October 2019, the Government launched a new independent organisation:
the National Academy for Social Prescribing, which is set to receive £5 million in
grant funding from April next year to support its work. Since its development was
announced in November 2018, the Department and NHS England have been working with
a broad range of partners both in and out of Government to build consensus on the
form and focus of the organisation in order that it deliver the greatest impact. The
Academy will be working to: build and promote the evidence base for social prescribing
and sharing best practice; developing training and accreditation across sectors; exploring
new models and sources of funding; and, helping to broker relationships between sectors.</p><p>
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