The National Association of Link Workers, which represents social prescribing link workers, has voted to back steps that would help professionalise the role of social prescribers.
Marie Adams, chair of the National Association of Link Workers' council, explains the difference social prescribing can make and the association's push for professional accreditation for social prescribers.
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Christiana Melam MBE, chief executive of the National Association of Link Workers, argues that the government should take steps to regulate social prescribing link workers to safeguard the social prescribing model.