This month, Connecting Conversations is honoured to welcome Dr. Simon Opher MP as our featured guest blogger. Simon is a member of the College of Medicine, who currently host the Social Prescribing Ne...
Connecting Conversations - Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi
I am delighted to welcome Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi to this edition of Connecting Conversations. He is a GP, lifestyle medicine physician, and long-distance triathlete who has built his career around one ...
Connecting Conversations - Michelle Howarth
Professor Michelle Howarth is a distinguished Professor of Health and Social Care at Edge Hill University and a national leader in green and nature-based social prescribing. A qualified nurse, she has...
Connecting Conversations - April Siwon Lee
This month I'd like to welcome our guest blog author April Siwon Lee. April is a Technical Officer at the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific. She works as a techni...
Introducing Professor Daisy Fancourt: Pioneering Arts, Health and Social Prescribing
I first met Professor Daisy Fancourt in 2019 when she presented the Social Prescribing Network's International Social Prescribing Conference. I was drawn immediately, not only how passionate she was f...
Connecting Conversations - Professor Kamila Hawthorne
As newly appointed Chair of the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) I thought it was important to invite Dr Kamila Hawthorne to contribute as guest author to Connecting Conversations, ...
Connecting Conversations - The True Prescription by Cormac Russell
I first came across the work of Cormac Russell around fifteen years ago whilst working in a local NHS Commissioning organisation where in Essex where the County Council and its CVS's (voluntary infras...
Connecting Conversations - Growing Well with Social Prescribing by Yvonne Clarke MBE
I first met Yvonne in 2020 whilst supporting NHS England Social Prescribing Team develop and implement the national social prescribing model across the country. Yvonne's level of dedication and passio...
Connecting Conversations - Beyond the referral with Alyson McGregor MBE
Alyson McGregor MBE is a founding member of the National Social Prescribing Network Steering Group. Her contributions have helped shape the national conversation around social prescribing and implemen...
Connecting Conversations - Jo Ward
Jo joined the Social Prescribing Network at the end of 2016 and at this time she was privileged to be chosen to lead a number of projects for an NHS maternity vanguard and women and children's partner...
Social Prescribing and Democracy in a changing world - Kate Mulligan
This week I have the pleasure of introducing Dr. Kate Mulligan as author of the Connecting Conversations blog. Kate is a leading Canadian public health expert and the founding director of the Canadian...
From Consultation to Connection - Dr Ollie Hart
This week, with pen in hand, we have Dr Ollie Hart writing for the Connecting Conversations blog. Ollie is a GP based in Sheffield, England, and a prominent advocate for person-centred and community-i...
Connecting Conversations - Tim Anfilogoff
Welcome to our new blog series, 'Connecting Conversations'. For our first instalment, Tim Anfilogoff shares his reflections with us this month as he retires from his local health role...
Some Heroes Drive Skodas
On Social Prescribing Day, it is often good to reflect on what social prescribing has achieved since we got involved. I have been a Link Worker for Southwest Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation...