About this episode

The episode discusses innovative social prescribing approaches to improve neighborhood health and reduce health inequalities with guest Sandra Mitchell-Phillips.

Send us Fan Mail Health starts in communities, not just hospitals. In todays epsiode, I explore innovative social prescribing approaches with Sandra Mitchell-Phillips, CEO of Ways to Wellness, focusing on neighborhood health, reducing health inequalities, and supporting preoperative care to improve outcomes and reduce NHS costs. Ways 2 wellness works predominantly in the North East of the UK witha number of projects that bring social prescribing into primary care and secondary ca...

People in this episode

Host: Deepak Ravindran

Guest: Sandra Mitchell-Phillips

Topics covered

• neighborhood health
• social prescribing
• health inequalities
• preoperative care
• NHS costs

Keywords

• social prescribing
• health outcomes
• NHS
• community care
• health inequalities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ways to Wellness, NHS

Places: North East of the UK

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