Secondary care guidance and contracts 

Resources to help you implement proactive and preventative models of care across different geographies of secondary care services.

Secondary care toolkit

Secondary care strategy

Access recovery plan for urgent and emergency care 

NASP: The impact of social prescribing on health service use and costs 

NASP: Building the economic case for social prescribing 

Clinical conditions and pathways 

Information and research around specific conditions or groups and how they can benefit from more personalised, proactive and preventative care. 

Personalised Care Interventions: Rapid Evidence Review (diabetes, MSK & COPD) 

Health in 2040: projected patterns of illness in England 

Care and Support for Long Term Conditions, Nuffield Health 

Barts Heart Centre x Bromley By Bow Centre, Impact Report, November 2024. 

Social Prescribing for Children in Hospital, Children & Young People Now 

Street Games Children & Young People’s Social Prescribing Toolkit 

Barts Charity: Piloting a model of social prescribing for young people 

Building a Secondary Care Community of Practice 

Examples of healthcare and VCFSE services in London coming together to unpick challenges, develop solutions and share impacts.  

Personalised Care in Secondary Care London webinar January 2024:  

• News story 
• Webinar recording (1 hour 32 mins)
• Webinar slides 

Improving access to personalised care in secondary care Community of Practice (CoP): Terms of Reference 

Case studies 

Examples of how preventative and personalised care have been implemented within secondary care services. 

A High Intensity User Service for individuals with complex needs in North Central London: Working with Non-Clinical Care Coordinators in Enfield and Haringey tackling health inequalities  

Macmillan Community Link Worker Service: supporting cancer patients with their wider social needs  

Macmillan Cancer Care Navigation Service: Enhancing patient experience through embedding a Macmillan Cancer Care Navigator within the MDT  

Westminster High Intensity Care Hub (WHICH): Population health approach to providing support and guidance to High Intensity Users of emergency services  

A Holistic Approach For Patients with Long Term Chronic Pain: Personalised Care roles collaborating as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team  

Community Alternatives to A&E: Working with Clinical Coaches in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC)  

Community Alternatives to A&E: Working with Community Champions and Wellbeing coaches (WBC) in Westminster  

A Holistic Approach to Support Children & Young People (CYP) Living with Long Term Conditions (LTC): Working with hospital based Social Prescribing Link Workers (SPLW)  

Improving Wellbeing for Outpatients with Long Term Conditions: Art Prescription Link Worker (LW) & Community Artist based in hospital settings