Defining Best Practice in Social Prescribing

What does high quality social prescribing really look like, and how can services confidently demonstrate and continuously improve their practice?

This four-part webinar explores best practice in social prescribing, using tangible examples to show how high-quality services are evolving and adapting. The session will also demonstrate how the matrix Standard provides a clear, evidence-based framework to support quality, consistency, and continuous improvement across social prescribing services.

Designed for commissioners, service leads, link workers, and partners, this webinar brings together national expertise and real-world service delivery examples to help you reflect on your own service and identify meaningful next steps.

In this webinar, we will cover:

• How social prescribing is evolving and what this means for service delivery today
• What best practice looks like in social prescribing, grounded in current expectations and lived experience
• Practical Example: Ways to Wellness, sharing tangible examples of what works well in practice
• Unpacking the matrix Standard, showing how it can support quality assurance, learning, and continuous improvement in social prescribing services and provide nationally recognised recognition.

Hosted by:

• Roger Chapman – Head of Service, matrix Standard
• Monica Boulton – Social Prescribing Expert, and Strategic Lead for Healthcare Integration & Neighbourhood Health at National Academy for Social Prescribing
• Rob Barlow – matrix Standard Assessor

Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of best practice in social prescribing, and practical insight into how the matrix Standard can support services to achieve, evidence, and sustain it.