Written question WQ89932
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Health and Social Services
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
What steps is the Minister taking to support the integration of social-prescribing referral processes into existing GP clinical systems?
Answer
Answered by Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
We set out how we would deliver our Programme for Government commitment to develop a National Framework for Social Prescribing on 7 December.
The National Framework for Social Prescribing aims to develop a common understanding of the language used and the approach taken to social prescribing in Wales; support social prescribing practitioners and drive-up skills; set out the outcomes expected from a user, organisation, commissioner, and referrer perspective; and ensure a quality of provision by community assets. It will also monitor and evaluate the development of social prescribing as it continues to grow across Wales.
Social prescribing requires multiple organisations, including GPs, to work together to ensure a coherent, seamless social prescribing pathway. As we take forward a work programme to deliver the objectives of the National Framework, we will explore how we can use technology to support the delivery of social prescribing and to capture activity and outcome information.