Social Prescribing Evaluations

• In 2015/16 West Hampshire CCG used its Transformation Funding with its four GP Federations to design and deliver transformation projects for older people:

• Eastleigh Southern Parishes Network – Care Navigators

• Mid Hampshire Healthcare – Proactive Care Teams• New Forest Healthcare – Care Navigators• Tri-Locality Care - Practice Based Outreach Teams

Transformation Fund Projects

AHSN Evaluation

The CCG commissioned Wessex AHSN to evaluate each of these. Evaluations included:• Implementation and organisation• Service statistics• Surveys of stakeholders and referrers• Patient Reported Outcome Measures• Case studies• Impact on emergency secondary care activity• Economic evaluation

Case study

See Eastleigh Southern Parishes Care Navigator case study handout.

Comparison

Issues• Different patient groups• Different length of time support/ care

provided• Assumptions about how long the benefits last

and how these might differ

R-Outcomes scores from Eastleigh Southern Parishes and Mid Hampshire Healthcare

The higher the score – the more positive the response from patients

Discussion