{"id":6632,"date":"2023-01-27T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T12:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/?page_id=6632"},"modified":"2025-10-15T12:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:22:51","slug":"social-prescribing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/social-prescribing\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Prescribing"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-align-center '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/social-prescribing-1.jpg?fit=1310%2C470&ssl=1' alt='' title='social prescribing Northumberland'   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3     '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Social prescribing<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Many things affect our health and wellbeing, not just medical issues. In some cases your doctor, or other healthcare professional, may refer you to the social prescribing service. Social prescribers can direct you to services such as counselling, arts and creative activities, employment and training and financial advice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingsfund.org.uk\/publications\/social-prescribing\"><strong>Read more about social prescribing<\/strong><\/a> or watch the short video below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-video avia-video-16-9   '  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\" ><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O9azfXNcqD8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Here at Adapt (NE) we deliver:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/living-well-coordination-service\/\">West Northumberland Living Well Service<\/a><\/strong>, available to patients of Adderlane Surgery, Bellingham Practice, Branch End Surgery, Burn Brae Medical Group, Corbridge Medical Group, Haltwhistle Medical Group, Humshaugh and Wark Medical Group, Prudhoe Medical Group, Riversdale Surgery, Scots Gap Medical Group, Sele Medical Practice and White Medical Group<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/northumbria-pcn-social-prescribing-service\/\">Northumbria PCN Social Prescribing Service<\/a><\/strong>, for patients of Ponteland Medical Group, Cramlington Medical Group, Elsdon Avenue Surgery, The Rothbury Practice and Haydon Bridge and Allendale Medical Practice<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/north-shields-social-prescribing\/\">North Shields Social Prescribing Service<\/a><\/strong>, for patients of Collingwood Health Group, Nelson Health Group, Priory Medical Group, Redburn Park Medical Centre and Spring Terrace Health Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Social prescribing is on offer across the county so if you are not a patient at one of these GP practices, just ask at your own surgery about how you can be referred to social prescribing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6676,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6632","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Social Prescribing - Adapt (North East)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many things affect our health and wellbeing, not just medical issues. 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