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Thursday 17 July 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8613

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8613

Date Request Received: 28/04/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 20/05/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Social Prescribing

Request Category: Health

 
Question Number 1:
Within your health board could you specify the name and location of each of your emergency departments, minor injury units, walk in centres and urgent treatment centres.
 
Answer To Question 1:
Walk in Centre - Unknown and unable to respond on their behalf as they are not managed by SFT.
UTC - N/A
Minor Injuries - N/A

Emergency Department
Salisbury District Hospital,
Odstock Road,
Salisbury, Wiltshire.
SP2 8BJ
 
Question Number 2:
For each of your individual Emergency Departments, Walk in Centres, Minor Injury Units or Urgent Treatment centre could you please answer the following questions:

Which of the following options best describes the social prescribing provision in your Emergency Department, Walk-In-Centre, Minor Injuries Unit or Urgent Treatment Centre?

a) We have an active social prescribing service

b) We previously had a social prescribing service, but it is not active currently

c) We are currently developing a social prescribing service

d) We have never had a social prescribing service
 
Answer To Question 2:
D - We have never had a social prescribing programme
 
Question Number 3:
What date did your social prescribing service start?
 
Answer To Question 3:
N/A
 
Question Number 4:
What date did your social prescribing service end?
 
Answer To Question 4:
N/A
 
Question Number 5:
Which of the following factors does/did your social prescribing service support with?

- Housing and homelessness

- Violence reduction

- Alcohol and drugs

- Social isolation and loneliness

- Mental health

- Severe and multiple disadvantage

- High intensity/ high frequency service use

- Employment and training

- Youth specific interventions

- Early years interventions

- Domestic abuse

- Independent living

- Other – please could you tell us
 
Answer To Question 5:
N/A
 
Question Number 6:
How many patients are/were referred to your social prescribing service on average each month?
 
Answer To Question 6:
N/A
 
Question Number 7:
How is/was your social prescribing service funded?
 
Answer To Question 7:
N/A
 
Question Number 8:
How many social prescribers (Whole Time Equivelent) are employed in your emergency department?
 
Answer To Question 8:
N/A
 
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