When trauma forces someone to flee their homeland, the journey to safety is only the beginning of a much longer path to recovery. For Lily (name changed), the horror of witnessing a gang-related...
When the doctor's voice drops to that careful tone and words like "tumour" enter the conversation, the world shifts on its axis. For Inaya (name changed), this moment marked the beginning of a...
Wellbeing is a word that is often used in day to day life, at work, in the media and even at work. Have you ever wondered what we really mean when we talk about wellbeing? Is it just about staying...
We wanted to share a story from one of our Social Prescribing Link Workers, Deborah. She passed us this patient story as a great example of what happens when services work together to provide...
Every so often, we highlight case studies from our Social Prescribing Link Workers. Our Link Workers work with GPs across Birmingham and Solihull to provide social and non-medical support for...
Throughout the pandemic, our Social Prescribing Link Workers have continued to support people - usually patients referred by their GP - with social or other non-medical issues. This is the latest in...
The job of Social Prescribing Link Workers is to listen to what people want and need, and then to direct them to local groups and services that can help them achieve their goals. Sometimes, those...
This is the fourth blog post in a series highlighting the inspiring work of our Social Prescribing Link Workers. Previously, Wayne, Becky and Glenn highlighted some of the ways our Link Workers...
This is the third blog post in a series highlighting some of the real life cases our Social Prescribing Link Workers have worked on this year. The first two stories we published were from Birmingham...
