# Tower Hamlets Social Prescribing Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: NHS Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group
- Contract winner: Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CiC
- Award value: £1,607,105
- Tender value: £1,607,105
- Award date: 1 February 2019
- Published: 7 February 2019
- Contract start: 1 April 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e4688f70-e4e4-49a5-ad13-c4eb16a27703-268508
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7afc884e-41e0-4450-925d-a977a73da73f

## Description

Social prescribing is a means of enabling primary care services to refer patients with social, emotional or practical needs to a range of local, non-clinical services\. It involves the use of a link worker to engage patients in a process of person centred planning to support their health and wellbeing\)\. Generally, the link worker will signpost and support the patient to access interventions provided by the voluntary and community sector\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e4688f70-e4e4-49a5-ad13-c4eb16a27703-268508)