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The Spring Social Prescribing podcast

The Spring Social Prescribing podcast

Written by: Ciaran Lockhart
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A new podcast from the team at Spring Social Prescribing, discussing all things Spring Prescribing.


SPRING Social Prescribing operates across Northern Ireland & Scotland and is an innovative approach to healthcare that links medical care to (typically) non-clinical, locally delivered support services. It enables medical professionals to refer their patients to a range of activities and services, recognising a social model of health in which wellbeing is determined by a variety of factors. SPRING empowers patients and communities, supports greater independence, reduces reliance on primary healthcare, and ultimately delivers better outcomes for people and society.


Spring Social Prescribing is made possible thanks to National Lottery Players, with funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.


(Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your GP or other healthcare professional beforehand regarding your heath and before embarking on social prescribing or anything else suggested in this podcast.)

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Ciaran Lockhart Hygiene & Healthy Living Social Sciences
Episodes
  • SPRING Social Prescribing at LORAG Belfast

    SPRING Social Prescribing at LORAG Belfast
    Jan 27 2023

    Welcome to Episode 3 of the SPRING Social Prescribing podcast.


    On today's episode we visit LORAG, (Lower Ormeau Residents Action Group), in Belfast for a chat with their healthy living centre manager, Natasha Brennan. Natasha discusses how their SPRING Social Prescribing programmes fit in with LORAG's mission to create healthy lifestyles for the people of south and east Belfast.


    We also get to hear from their SPRING Social Prescribing coordinator, Paul McCrudden, and some of his SPRING Social Prescribing participants.


    Nicola Lindsay who is a Community Access Worker for the Belfast Health Trust also joins the podcast to discuss how working closely with the SPRING team at LORAG has made a difference to people's lives.


    For more information on the brilliant work LORAG do, visit their website at: https://lorag.org/


    For more info on Spring Social Prescribing, visit us at www.springsp.org or on twitter @SPRINGSocialPre


    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com


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    23 mins
  • SPRING Social Prescribing in Scotland

    SPRING Social Prescribing in Scotland
    Jan 18 2023

    Welcome to Episode 2 of the SPRING Social Prescribing podcast. On today's episode we have a chat with SPRING Project Manager, Clare Cook and John Cassidy, CHAIR of the Scottish Communities for Health & Well-being.


    Clare & John take us through their thoughts on SPRING Social Prescribing in the Scotland; the need for a holistic model in health provision; 'failure demand'; the challenges around funding; and what they do to look after their own health & well-being.



    for more info on Spring Social Prescribing, visit us at www.springsp.org or on twitter @SPRINGSocialPre


    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com


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    29 mins
  • SPRING Social Prescribing at the Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum

    SPRING Social Prescribing at the Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum
    Jan 18 2023

    Welcome to Spring Social Prescribing. On this opening episode of the podcast we sit down for a chat with director of the Bogside & Brandywell Health forum in Derry, N.Ireland, Aileen McGuinness, and SPRING regional manager for NI, Emer McDaid.


    We discuss how the Health Forum got involved with social prescribing, and how SPRING currently operates with its partners across Northern Ireland. Aileen & Emer discuss how SPRING employ a community model of social prescribing also share their hopes for social prescribing in the future.


    for more info on Spring Social Prescribing, visit us at www.springsp.org or on twitter @SPRINGSocialPre


    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com


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    24 mins
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