social prescribing

For the last episode of 2023, WACA social prescribers David Pugh and Sharon Cope are joined by returning guests Haider and Lina to talk about vaping and how it affects young people and society as a whole - as well as discussing New Year's resolutions for 2024 and answering some Christmas questions!

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Join us for our third mini podcast where Suzy was introduced all things RED with founder Hannah Beecham MBE. Hear about this National movement which encourages its community of REDers to move every day in January (and beyond) for their mental health. 

As we emerge on the right side of the shortest day we reflect on how hard it can be to move enough in the winter months. Hannah saw first hand with her Mum just how difficult operant movement can be in managing mental health, and eight years on how far this movement has come; the community is over 275,000 strong. This year they have joined forces with the National Academy for Social Prescribing. Tune in to hear more… 

Produced using funding from NHS Tayside Educational Fund and the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

Find us at https://themovementprescription.co.uk/

In this episode of the GR8 Minds Podcast, David Pugh and Shameem Koser were invited to the offices of People First Keighley and Craven, where they spoke to several team members all about the charity, what it offers, and the work they have done for it!

David and Shameem were also interviewed on the People First Podcast, which can be found on their website.

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In this episode of the GR8 Minds Podcast, WACA social prescribers David Pugh and Lucy Owens are joined by returning guest speaker Matt Smith to talk to students Tom, Anisa and Emma about the social and school pressures young people face.


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Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Steph Edwards and Thailay Roscoe as part of the Education and Workforce Development Series (Part 29).

Discussion about Raducational and Social Prescribing.

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1) Reflecting on your practice, how do you think you can adapt it to meet the new HCPC updated standards of proficiency?

2) Read through the RSPH Social Prescribing Framework for AHPs (https://www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/resources/ahp-social-prescribing-frameworks.html). Where does your profession fit in on the scale? What actions can you take to implement this if you have not already?

3) What barriers do you foresee to implementing social prescribing into your clinical practice? Come up with solutions to how you would address each of these barriers.

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Links from podcast:

RSPH Social Prescribing Framework for AHPs - https://www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/resources/ahp-social-prescribing-frameworks.html

HCPC Updated Standards of Proficiency - https://www.hcpc-uk.org/news-and-events/news/2022/sop-revisions-aug-2022/ 

NHS Social Prescribing Student Champion scheme - https://www.spforall.org/ 

Personalised Care Institute free CPD courses - https://www.personalisedcareinstitute.org.uk/ 

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Social and community connections provide invaluable support to people living with dementia. Professor Dimity Pond joins Hilton, Steph and Marita to discuss how GPs can utilise social prescribing strategies to optimise the quality of life for people living with dementia.

SHOW NOTES:

Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-m) Administration and Scoring Manual: https://d1vhafmemgbnf1.cloudfront.net/sites/cheba2/files/_local_upload/pdf/groups/Neuroimaging/TICS-M%20Australian%20Version%20-%20Admin%20Scoring%20Manual_2020.05.29.pdf

TICS-m questionnaire: (Australian Version)

https://d1vhafmemgbnf1.cloudfront.net/sites/cheba2/files/_local_upload/pdf/TICS-M%20Ax%20Protocol%20(Australian%20version).pdf

GP Management plans

https://dta.com.au/general-practitioners/#gp-resources

Dementia Australia
Providing support, information and services for people living with dementia, carers, family and health professionals

National Dementia Helpline – 1800100500
https://www.dementia.org.au/

Dementia Support Australia (DSA)
Dementia Support Australia (DSA) provides the Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service (DBMAS) and Severe Behaviour Response Teams (SBRT) nationwide. Dementia Support Australia offers a free national service operating 24/7 365 days a year.

24 hour Helpline 18000699799
https://www.dementia.com.au/

Carers Australia
Carers Australia is the national peak body representing Australia’s unpaid carers, advocating on their behalf to influence policies and services at a national level. It works collaboratively with partners and its member organisations, the Network of state and territory Carers Associations, to deliver a range of essential national carer services.

Phone 1800242636
https://www.carersaustralia.com.au/

RACGP Silver Book
Medical care of older persons in residential aged care facilities (Silver Book) aims to provide GPs and other health professionals including residential aged care nurses, with a resource for delivering quality health care in residential aged care facilities.

https://www.racgp.org.au/clinical-resources/clinical-guidelines/ key-racgp-guidelines/view-all-racgp-guidelines/silver-book

RACGP Red Book - Guidelines for preventative activities in general practice - Dementia 
https://www.racgp.org.au/clinical-resources/clinical-guidelines/ key-racgp-guidelines/view-all-racgp-guidelines/red-book/ preventive-activities-in-older-age/dementia

My Aged Care - dementia resources
https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/getting-started/health- conditions/dementia

Cognitive Screening Tests Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE)
Frequently used in general practice as included in most popular medical software programs. MMSE score require for prescribing dementia medications on PBS

https://www.ihpa.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/ smmse-tool-v2.pdf - https://www.ihpa.gov.au/sites/g/files/ net636/f/publications/smmse-guidelines-v2.pdf—explanation of scoring

GPCOG
The GPCOG is a reliable, valid and efficient instrument to screen for dementia specifically in a primary care setting. The GPCOG score is not influenced by the cultural and linguistic background of a person making it an invaluable screening tool especially in multicultural patient settings. http://gpcog.com.au/

Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (KICA) 
The Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (KICA) was developed in response to the need for a cognitive screening tool for older Indigenous Australians (45 years plus) living in rural and remote areas. The KICA tool was named after where the original research was conducted and comprises of a number of sections and assesses the person and carer. The KICA tool is now widely used in remote or rural locations across Australia.

http://kams.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/KICA-Tool- 2006.pdf

Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS)
The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) is a short cognitive screening instrument designed to minimise the effects of cultural learning and language diversity on the assessment of baseline cognitive performance.

https://www.dementia.org.au/sites/default/ files/20110311_2011NSWRUDASscoring_sheet.pdf - the test

https://www.dementia.org.au/resources/rowland-universal- dementia-assessment-scale-rudas - information and links to tests in Chinese and Italian

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
The MoCA is well validated and covers a number of cognitive domains. If repeat tests are required, two alternative versions are available with instructions on the MoCA Test website. The tests are also available in many different European and Asian languages.
https://www.mocatest.org/paper/  (Free registration required)

GP Management Plans
Dementia specific GP management plans for Stages 1, 2 and 3 dementia
https://www.dta.com.au/gp-management-plans/

Dementia Training Australia - online courses
https://www.dta.com.au/online-dementia-courses/

Demystifying dementia: A practical course in the diagnosis and management of dementia
Hours: 3
https://dta.com.au/online-courses/demystifying-dementia/

Demystifying dementia: A practical course in the diagnosis and management of dementia
Hours: 2 | RACGP: 4pts | ACRRM: 2hrs

https://www.thinkgp.com.au/education/demystifying-dementia- practical-course-diagnosis-and-management-dementia

Teaching plans for GP supervisors to use with their registrars
https://gpsupervisorsaustralia.org.au/teaching-plans/
(NB Enter term Dementia into search function to find teaching plans on dementia)

Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre
Master of Dementia Program
https://www.utas.edu.au/wicking/mdem

Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre
Understanding Dementia MOOC
https://www.utas.edu.au/wicking/understanding-dementia

Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre 
Preventing Dementia
http://www.utas.edu.au/wicking/preventing-dementia

Driving and dementia resources
http://www.profjoe.com.au/all-cases-list/driving-with- dementia/

https://www.dementia.org.au/resources/dementia-and- driving-vic

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Ronald Ferguson is a music producer and stroke survivor who now campaigns for what he describes as "social prescribing enterprise".  Ronald is now a director of the charity  Arts4dementia

In this interview Ronald talks about his experiences of suffering a stroke and his treatment during his hospital stay, and how the organisation Headway, the brain charity, put him back together again.  

This interview was recorded during the period of the lockdown.

In this time of social isolation, many of us have turned to getting creative...baking bread, picking up a paintbrush, or checking out online theatre performances and virtual gallery tours. Now there’s research on whether prescribing art could help with mental health conditions, such as depression. Take a dose of culture for your wellbeing. 

This is the safefood Nutrition podcast presented by Dr Aileen McGloin, safefood’s Director of Marketing and Communications, which looks at key issues like obesity, weight stigma, sustainability and health in the media. In this episode we talk to Kitty Holland, social affairs correspondent for The Irish Times, and Dr Megan Blake, senior lecturer at University of Sheffield, about food poverty. In this episode, Megan refers to the Twitter profiles Milly - @Milly_caspaces, Jack Monroe - @Bootstrapcook and Ewan Gurr - @EwanGurr. Kitty refers to the Ken Loach film, I David Blake.

This is the safefood Nutrition podcast series presented by Dr Aileen McGloin, safefood’s Director of Marketing and Communications, which shares research and knowledge on key issues like obesity, food poverty, social prescribing and community food initiatives on the Island of Ireland. In this episode, we chat to Margaret O'Neill from the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Tony Doherty of Social Prescribing Network Ireland, about the role of social prescribing in changing the current healthcare practices.

This is the safefood Nutrition podcast series presented by Dr Aileen McGloin, safefood’s Director of Marketing and Communications, which shares research and knowledge on key issues like obesity, food poverty, social prescribing and community food initiatives on the Island of Ireland. In this episode, we talk to Joana da Silva, expert in Human Health and Nutrition at safefood and UK based Food Poverty expert, Lindsay Graham about food poverty and community food initiatives on the Island of Ireland and food insecurities in the UK.

Dr Jenny Lim worked as a GP in Grangemouth, Falkirk, for over 20 years and developed a strong interest in working with young people to promote health and wellbeing.

Working with 11-year-olds from local primary schools, colleagues and Falkirk Community Trust, Jenny was behind the first Big Fit Walk, a series of 30-minute walk for all ages and abilities.

In this episode, Jenny talks of her pride at being so heavily involved in the development of an event which was fun, free, inclusive and accessible.

She also recalls the moment she learned about the power of physical activity and explains why she believes walking is "the solution to health challenges we must face".

The Big Fit Walk is now proudly managed by us. It sees hundreds of short walks running across the country each June and is now in its 16th year.

Podcast 22: What’s The Cause of a Disease? Pathology or Ethology?

Many years ago I asked myself the question, “What is the cause of health or what is the etiology of health?” A much wiser and experienced doctor also asked himself this same question over eighty years ago, he was a pathologist and although he understood the origin of most diseases, he had no answer to this question. He spent the rest of his life researching the question and his work is still as valid today as it was then. I have published a podcast on this, Episode 7 entitled “Health is Based on Family and Community” Seventy years on we find the medical profession is now trying to encourage this approach with “Social Prescribing”

Well, returning to the question of “What is the origin of disease?”

"Connection" by Michael Lingard may be obtained from Amazon HERE

We have been taught that most diseases have specific causes, usually just involving one or two, they could be a virus, smoking, a gene or other such factor. This has become more and more confusing for the public as researchers discover links between more and more factors and particular diseases. So perhaps the answer is far more complex than we have been led to believe?

What if, instead of concentrating our research and study in the field of pathology, we chose to shift our attention to more research and study in the field of ethology, or the study of health?

A few years ago I published a small book entitled “Connection – Towards a better understanding of health in medicine” that made the case for the fact that health is connected to practically everything and that health could be regarded as the normal state of affairs. The forward in my book drew on the wisdom of Leonardo da Vinci who combined reductionism and holism in all his work. We need to study the finer parts of any problem (this is the task of reductionism) to help our understanding but we also need to see how the whole system works (this is the task of holism).

Medicine has placed too much emphasis on reductionism to the detriment of understanding the whole, or holism.
So if we are to understand where any particular disease comes from we need to take a far broader inspection of the sufferer’s life history to the emergence of their disease.
Just as health depends on many factors including: our physical structural integrity and functioning, our food and fluid consumption, our quality of breathing, our levels of stress, our family and community support, the environmental factors of pollution in our air and water, infections from bacteria or viruses, our genetic make-up, our physical exercise, our mental health, our work, and many more factors. So too, any disease condition will require some or all of those same factors to allow its development.

The good news is that we all have control over the vast majority of those factors, sometimes we may need professional guidance and help and indeed there are such factors as toxins in our environment that are difficult to avoid. Even here, our bodies have the capacity, when health is optimized, to eliminate or nullify the effects of toxic substances.

To summarize I would contend that the greatest protection against every disease known to man is HEALTH! This is not a crazy oxymoron as it might seem, a health-promoting lifestyle has been shown to offer remarkable resistance against all the major diseases. So perhaps we should all take the optimistic view that by making every effort to improve our health we will give ourselves the greatest protection against every disease and live a long healthy, fulfilling life.