Kathy Oxtoby looks at the value of social prescribing for older people, the benefits and challenges of this approach, and how it can help isolated individuals connect with their communities. Enid is 84. She has hypertension and type 2 diabetes,…
News
A blog about Treacle and social prescribing written for The Queens Nurse Institute.
Social Prescribing in Primary Care
News about Treacle is Spreading
Keighley nurse sets up website to help colleagues prescribe non-medical help By David Knights A HAWORTH nurse has started a website to help patients and fellow professionals find help for a host of health issues. Helen O’Connell’s website treacle.me…
How it all began
Starting Out (Around Christmas 2019) The quietly spoken patient sitting in front of me had various symptoms, which had not been solved by previous consultations or recent blood test results. As I sat watching her speak the problem dawned on…