Tag: Social prescribing

Dr Masanaga Yamawaki from Japan visited Greater Manchester to find out more about the Nature for Health project.

A new NHS mobile ‘clinic in a van’ is coming to Middleton and Rochdale so staff can talk to men about their risk of prostate cancer. The ThisVanCan roadshow is aimed at black men aged over 45 who are more at risk of developing prostate cancer than other men. 1 in 4 black men will develop prostate cancer.

AN NHS 'clinic in a van’ is rolling into Bolton so staff can talk to men about their risk of prostate cancer.

Greater Manchester has been testing how nature-based activities can support communities facing the biggest health inequalities as one of seven national green social prescribing areas.

This Social Prescribing Day, 9 March 2023, we are celebrating the individuals and organisations helping people live well in communities across the region.

The Diabetes Social Prescribing Link Worker, or Network Social Prescriber as the role is known at Gorton & Levenshulme PCN, supports people with pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes and high BMI through working with people to find out what matters to them and what they want to achieve.