achieved this will require a large number of volunteers as well as community development, organisational and personal development interventions. Community Navigators Community Navigators (paid or voluntary) were seen as an essential requirement of social prescribing and better engagement of the VCS in primary care. There are opportunities for the navigators to support primary healthcare centres to better manage and present information and signpost to VCS services. Hospital Discharge and Community Based Support VCS providers play an important role in supporting effective discharge from hospital and ensuring risk of readmission is reduced. The opportunity to increase the role in the discharge of mental health patients was identified. More structured engagement of the VCS in discharge planning through specialist liaison officers or care coordinators has been identified nationally as a model of good practice. The VCS could also play a bigger role in enablement, rehabilitation and supporting independence on a step down programme after the Enablement Service withdraws.
achieved this will require a large number of volunteers as well as community development, organisational and personal development interventions. Community Navigators Community Navigators (paid or voluntary) were seen as an essential requirement of social prescribing and better engagement of the VCS in primary care. There are opportunities for the navigators to support primary healthcare centres to better manage and present information and signpost to VCS services. Hospital Discharge and Community Based Support VCS providers play an important role in supporting effective discharge from hospital and ensuring risk of readmission is reduced. The opportunity to increase the role in the discharge of mental health patients was identified. More structured engagement of the VCS in discharge planning through specialist liaison officers or care coordinators has been identified nationally as a model of good practice. The VCS could also play a bigger role in enablement, rehabilitation and supporting independence on a step down programme after the Enablement Service withdraws.
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