Paramedics and Social Prescribing
The Paramedics and Social Prescribing program helps paramedic teams implement social prescribing to connect people with non-medical social and community supports that improve health and well-being.
This program supports over 30 teams to systematize social prescribing within their service. Participants from across the country can collaborate, share knowledge and explore approaches for integrating social prescribing into their service.
Meet the teams
The 36 teams reflect the diversity of paramedic services in Canada. They include provincial, regional, and municipal services, as well as community paramedicine, emergency response, and primary care programs and services.
"This program is a great opportunity for paramedicine in Canada to formalize and further solidify its role in addressing unmet social needs - paramedics already do this in their everyday practice, and this program will help us to share best practices and improve service delivery."
- Alan Batt PhD, Associate Professor of Paramedicine
Featured content
Social Prescribing and Community Paramedicine in Canada: Guide
This guide is designed to help paramedics across Canada use social prescribing. It includes real-world examples and practical strategies from across Canada that inspire and support action.
The Community Paramedicine Needs Assessment Tool
A comprehensive tool designed to aid the development of community paramedicine programs.
Quality Improvement Workbook for Paramedics
Plan quality improvement in paramedicine with this workbook for paramedics that includes practical tools, real examples and step-by-step guidance.
Enhancing Integrated Care
Primary and community care delivery organizations work to strengthen integrated team-based care, including virtual care.
Primary Care Access Improvement
Team-based primary care organizations create efficiencies and optimize team functioning so they can provide timely access to care.
Right Care Challenge
Health and social care delivery teams ensure people get the right care, at the right time, in the right place.
This offering is endorsed by the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada and the International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine (IRCP).
Change happens in partnership
Supporting organizations across Canada are helping drive meaningful progress as part of Care Forward.
Change happens in partnership
Supporting organizations across Canada are helping drive meaningful progress as part of Care Forward.
Care Forward
A growing pan-Canadian movement where innovative strategies and shared knowledge are transforming care for over a million people across Canada.
Care Forward
A growing pan-Canadian movement where innovative strategies and shared knowledge are transforming care for over a million people across Canada.
