martin dominy, head of mental health recovery, southdown housing association
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Integrated and Collaborative Care
Social prescribing and Peer support
for mental health
Martin Dominy, Helen Denman
and Carla Hawkins
Social Prescribing
What is it?
A non-clinical response to common mental health
issues, such as depression and anxiety
Addresses social and economic issues that are
impacting on mental wellbeing
Links Patients into specialist services to address these
issues and supports social inclusion
Supports early identification and integrates treatment
plan
Reinforces the ability of primary care to respond to
patient’s needs
Areas of need
Housing
Finance
Social
inclusion
Employment
Parenting
Advice
Legal
Issues
Isolation
Domestic
Issues
Wellbeing &
Health
Case Study
“I am very grateful to CWS because
without your support I would still be
sitting at home chewing my nails and
not knowing where to turn to”
Benefits of social prescribing
Benefits to Patients
Instant on-site response to GP Social Prescription
Bespoke and personalised service
Alternative to clinical intervention
Improves mental health and wellbeing
Supports health and lifestyle change
Improves self esteem and confidence
Staff with specialised local knowledge and networks
Promotes empowerment and independence leading to sustainable change
Addresses and improves patient’s social and economic situations
Focuses on life improvement issues such as housing, employment, social activities, family issues.
Benefits of social prescribing
Benefits to GP Practices
Easy referral pathway
Instant on-site response to patients referred
Alternative to clinical intervention
Addresses underlying issues of frequent attendance
Promotes sustainable lifestyle changes to reduce relapses
Reduction of GP appointment attendance
Endorses partnership working with mental health providers
Improves patients’ mental and physical health
Resources
• Marmot review
http://www.local.gov.uk/health/-/journal_content/56/10180/3510094/ARTICLE
• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
http://www.eastsussexjsna.org.uk/JsnaSiteAspx/media/jsna-
media/documents/scorecards/2013/Commentaries/LA_Hastings.pdf
• Areas of Deprivation in Hastings Area
http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/streamServerFile.jsp?file=/nesstar/temp/EG
MS20121206133906187/Deprivation%20in%20Hastings%20in%202010.pdf&server=http://w
ww.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk:80
• GP Articles
http://www.gponline.com/analysis-does-social-prescribing-mean-gps/article/1354653
Peers In Partnership
Working together to improve mental health and
wellbeing services
How do we bring so many
voices together?
There are over 20 individual
service user groups/forums
across mental health services
in East Sussex
How many
people really
feel heard?
Lets take it to
the next level!
We have created a mental health consumer network to
bring voices together from anyone who has experienced
mental health or used services.
Partners not Recipients
“Co-production is crucial in developing effective services,
developing support in an increasingly difficult financial
environment. We strive to ensure that peers involved in
that process are supported to develop knowledge and
skills that will enable them to be active partners in
developing strategy and designing services that will deliver
more effective and sustainable outcomes and an improved
experience of mental health support.”
Kenny Mackay East Sussex Mental health Joint Commissioning
Unit
Aspirations
Formation of a Nationwide MH consumer
network
Encouraging and promoting similar services
such as Peer in Partnerships to be
commissioned nationally
Transparency across mental health services,
sharing and improving best practice
For more information about our services visit
www.southdownhousing.org