Information Prescriptions
The White Paper 'Our health, our care, our say' (2006) outlined a commitment from the Department of Health to ensure access to appropriate information for people with a health or social care need.
They proposed that individuals, or their carers, be provided with an 'information prescription' from health or social care services that they access signposting them on to further sources of information or giving advice on self management and self care.
Pilots were conducted throughout 2007 and have informed the design and delivery of information prescriptions and provided evidence of their effectiveness and their impact on the public, professionals and organisations.
