"I have found it very useful to have our own in house SPLW - partly because it widens the range of interventions I can offer to marginalised or vulnerable patients and also because I can find her to discuss options and cases. It should help us move away from an overly clinical model of care to one which is more holistic and rooted in a healthy, more integrated community."

"Having you available to refer to has really broadened the range of options I now have when trying to help my patients, in particular for those who have chronic stable conditions that I have little else to achieve by adding in further medication. There is always a big overlap between clinical disease and the psycho-social burden of this on an individual and the family and GP’s sadly lack the time to explore with patient’s what other avenues of support they could go down. Having you in the practice, with your knowledge of available services , has been very beneficial to those patient’s that I have referred."

"Some excellent feedback from a Patient: He's been really pleased with your input and style of approach. He's mentioned your input on his last 2 appts and is lining up some extra activities."