Patient buy-in to social prescribing through link workers as part of person-centred care: a realist evaluation.

Background: Social prescribing link workers have become part of primary health care in recent years. They help patients to recognise non-medical factors affecting their health and identify sources of support, often in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. They form part of wider work to strengthen person-centred care, which actively seeks to engage individuals in decision-making about their health, taking into account their medical, social, psychological, financial and spiritual circumstances.

Experiences of integrating social prescribing link workers into primary care in England: Bolting on, fitting in or belonging.

Background: Following the 2019 NHS Long-Term Plan, link workers (LWs) have been employed across primary care in England to deliver social prescribing (SP).

Aim: To understand and explain how the LW role is being implemented in primary care in England.

Design And Setting: Realist evaluation undertaken in England.