Social Prescribing Link Workers

Everyday life can be challenging, issues such as poor housing, debt, stress, isolation, addiction and bereavement can have an affect your physical and mental health and you may wish to seek additional support to help you work through a difficult time.

A social prescribing link worker is a member of the team who’s had specialist training that enables them to support patients in making positive changes in their lives, including:

Supporting patients with long-term conditions, including self-management
Creating personalised care and support plans, based on what matters to the patient
Introducing patients to community groups
Safeguarding vulnerable patients

Social prescribing is a non-medical way of making connections with services who can help and support you, either short or long term, helping you to make the changes you want to make to improve certain aspects of your life. These non-medical referrals can work alongside existing medical treatments with the aim of helping you to make some changes that will be sustainable to help improve areas of your life, helping you to stay physically and mentally well.

We offer a Social Prescribing Service at Abbey House Medical Practice and if you feel that this service may be beneficial to you please arrange telephone call consultation with the Social Prescribing Link Worker who will be happy to assist you. Alternatively, you may wish to explore local support available to you in your own time.

Local Support Groups:

Daventry Mental Health Carers Group
Green Health at Daventry Group

Useful numbers:

Adult Care Team (Social Services) – 0300 126 7000
Age UK (Cleaning, Toenail cutting, Befriending service, Handyperson scheme) – 01604 611 200
Citizens Advice Bureau (Debt and benefits specialists, help with mental health issues and disabilities) – 01327 701 646
Community Law (Housing difficulties, debt advice) – 01604 621 038
Community Occupational Health (Equipment and adaptation in your home) – 016041 361 816
Cruse (Bereavement support) – 07772 428 532
DACT (Transport) – 01327 701 665
Daventry Leisure Centre/Everyone Active (Swimming lessons, gym, exercise classes, GP referral) – 01327 871 144
Daventry Volunteer Centre (help with shopping, picking up prescriptions, activity groups, befriending service) – 01327 300 614
Diabetes UK (Guide regarding Diabetes type1 & 2) – 0345 123 2399
District Nurses (services for housebound patients) – 0300 777 0002
Epilepsy Action Helpline (Guide regarding Epilepsy) – 0808 800 5050
First for Wellbeing (weight management, smoking, alcohol, social inclusions) – 0300 126 5000
Food Bank (Emergency food box) – 01327 577 851
Home Start (support for parents and children) – 01327 353 139
IAPT/Changing Minds (talking therapies for wellbeing) – 0300 999 1616
Macmillan Support (for patients with cancer) – 0808 808 0000
MIND – Crisis café – 01327 879 416
MoneyHelper (previously Money Advice Service - free and impartial money guidance) - 0800 138 7777
Northamptonshire Carers Support Line (a service for formal and informal carers) – 019330 677 907
Prisoner’s Family Helpline/Support – 0808 808 2003
Reach for Health (GP referral, gym)– 01327 871 118
S2S (support for adults experiencing difficulties with drugs and alcohol) – 0808 169 8512.
Tell Us Once (a service who will contact all gov & local council departments, to notify of death) – 0800 085 7308