Wandworth Local Health and Care Plan - October 2019

57 Age Well - Isolation - what we will do Summary Description of the programme What will be different about our approach Work with our partners to support and develop initiatives to combat isolation and its impact on both physical and mental health Increased focus on preventative initiatives and Social Prescribing What will we do Description of initiative What will be the impact How will we measure success Commissioning of Voluntary sector preventative services Reshaping of preventative services including: Commissioning of Age Well services in Battersea and Roehampton, with a focus on intergenerational activities Commissioning of enhanced Voluntary Sector Coordination programme community navigation service for individuals and their carers Enhancement of Better at Home service • Reduction in social isolation • Healthier lifestyles for older residents • Increased opportunities for people to have support from and to make contributions in their community • More support to older people in their on homes • Creating a more coordinated, better connected third sector Improved satisfaction Increased number of people accessing services Social Prescribing To support our digital Social Prescribing offer (the Wandsworth Wellbeing Hub), we will be aiming to launch our face to face Social Prescribing service in Wandsworth for service commencement by September 2019. This will allow 16 Practices across the 3 localities to deliver face to face social prescribing for their patients • Reductions in secondary care usage • Further support for those with mental health, who are socially isolated and those who have a social determinant of health Reduction in secondary care usage will be capture and reported by NEL CSU, which will then be measured against the Social Prescribing QIPP target. The Prescribers will continue to use the Wellbeing Star evaluation tool to monitor the health and wellbeing of patients of have accessed the service.