High Intensity User Social Prescribing Service helps reduce demand on emergency services in Dudley
Vulnerable patients are benefitting from a new High Intensity User (HIU) project in Dudley. A one year evaluation of the project commissioned by Dudley CCG and Dudley CVS has shown a 33% reduction in A&E attendance and a 41% reduction …
High Intensity User Social Prescribing Service helps reduce demand on emergency services in Dudley
Vulnerable patients are benefitting from a new High Intensity User (HIU) project in Dudley. A one year evaluation of the project commissioned by Dudley CCG and Dudley CVS has shown a 33% reduction in A&E attendance and a 41% reduction …
Healthwatch Dudley welcomes over 100 new Information Champions
During the last five years, hundreds of people from local organisations and community groups, have joined Healthwatch Dudley to network with other people in information giving roles. Our unique training enables people to learn, share and practice how to help …
“It all starts with a phone call and a cuppa”
The High Intensity User (HIU) service (developed by NHS Blackpool CCG) has been rolled out across Dudley borough by the Integrated Plus social prescribing team as part of Dudley CVS. The service offers a robust way of reducing avoidable frequent …
Integrated Plus delivers a successful peer learning programme for staff delivering social prescribing schemes around the East and West Midlands
During January – April 2019, Dudley CVS’s Integrated Plus service delivered a social prescribing peer learning programme for link workers around the country. The programme enabled existing link workers from across the East and West Midlands to connect with each …
Integrated Plus delivers a successful peer learning programme for staff delivering social prescribing schemes around the East and West Midlands
During January – April 2019, Dudley CVS’s Integrated Plus service delivered a social prescribing peer learning programme for link workers around the country. The programme enabled existing link workers from across the East and West Midlands to connect with each …
Integrated Plus Service – evidencing the value of social prescribing for people living in Dudley borough
During late 2018, Dudley CVS appointed an external consultant, David Waterfall, to work alongside the team to collate and analyse data regarding the Integrated Plus social prescribing service, and to use this information to produce an evidence-led evaluation report. Dudley …
Celebrating Integrated Plus as part of International Social Prescribing Day – Connecting and supporting for wellbeing and a sense of purpose
Dudley CVS has been delivering a social prescribing service for the nearly 5 years. In early 2014, Dudley CVS with support from Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group (Dudley CCG), identified an opportunity to develop and deliver an innovative, flexible and …