Social prescribing

Aim:

To help community pharmacy technicians understand why social prescribing is integral to patient care and how it can help to meet their psychosocial needs.

Objectives:

After completing this module and its online counterpart, pharmacy technicians will:    

• Understand the difference between biomedical and biopsychosocial 
  models of healthcare
• Be familiar with how social prescribing works within the NHS
• Be aware of how pharmacists and the wider community pharmacy team can better support the lifestyle and psychosocial needs of patients.

Contributing authors: Paul and Jill Rutter, University of Portsmouth