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Social prescribing, particularly nature-based interventions like gardening, enhances community resilience and wellbeing. Community nurses can leverage these non-medical approaches to combat social isolation and anxiety, supporting the NHS universal personalised care model.

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  • Community Nursing
  • Salutogenesis

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  • Social prescribing is integral to NHS England's universal personalised care model.
  • Community nurses play a key role in implementing and benefiting from social prescribing systems.
  • Non-medical, asset-based approaches are crucial for promoting community health and wellbeing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how community nurses can engage with social prescribing systems.
  • To illustrate the impact of nature-based social prescriptions using a gardening case study.
  • To demonstrate the potential of social prescribing in enhancing community resilience and combating social isolation.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of social prescribing within the NHS England framework.
  • Case study analysis of a nature-based social prescription (gardening).
  • Exploration of salutogenic and asset-based community approaches.

Main Results:

  • Social prescribing, especially nature-based solutions like gardening, offers a non-medical pathway to health promotion.
  • Collaboration between social prescribing systems and community staff can mitigate negative impacts of social distancing.
  • Community nurses can effectively partner with link workers to address social isolation and anxiety.

Conclusions:

  • Social prescribing, including nature-based interventions, is a valuable tool for community practitioners.
  • These approaches support the NHS's goal of personalised care and community resilience.
  • Integrating social prescribing can help combat the adverse effects of social isolation and anxiety on community wellbeing.