The Green Health in Practice network / group has been set up as an outcome from the Green Health in Practice conference that was hosted by the Mid Wales Healthcare Collaborative in February 2017, when the need for some form of network within a green health parameter was identified, underpinned by the enthusiasm of people who attended the event.
There is increasing evidence of the potential of green, social and creative prescribing and prevention projects to reduce demand on health and other services and make substantial contributions to human health and wellbeing.
We are hoping to inspire an all-Wales learning network, to:
- Embed green health and social prescribing in primary care services
- Collect evidence and experiences as we go
- Underpin development and quality improvement in primary care clusters
- Enable autonomous delivery at a local level
- Evaluate what happens
We are making an assumption that we have no extra funds and will need each to offer some of our time and skills as part of our day-jobs. We’d like to ask for your help to establish a group in your area.
Our idea is that each local group would:
- Include at least; one third sector and/or environmental organisation, one primary care provider and one community connector
- Find ways to deliver green health and social prescribing in primary care services
- Provide friendly, informal peer support to the interested but unsure
- Invite people to join in conversations and take practical action
In return we are working out how we can regularly bring members of these local groups together at a national (all Wales) scale to learn from each other and help us understand how we can better support you.
In the first instance, would you be willing to meet with each other to discuss this topic and let us know whether/how we could help each other? If so, please get in contact!
NOTICEBOARD
Please send any notices that you would like promoting to the network to anna.prytherch@wales.nhs.uk.
Useful Links
Dewis Cymru serves as a very useful wellbeing directory and as a place to register your wellbeing services.
Infoengine is a useful directory of third sector services in Wales, highlighting a wide variety of voluntary and community services in Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbor, Bridgend and Wrexham.
Contact
For further information on the Green Health in Practice network, please contact Anna Prytherch, Project Manager for Rural Health and Care Wales at anna.prytherch@wales.nhs.uk.