Working Collaboratively: Prescriptions for Healthy Learning – an Example of Success

Abstract

The Prescriptions for Healthy Learning Project demonstrates how an effective and successful partnership can be developed with other agencies and refers specifically to the relationship built up with Leicester City East and West Primary Care Trusts. This paper highlights the key principles involved in initiating and strengthening an effective partnership, by targeting the right professionals and teams, providing evidence and feedback to key parties, involving key parties in discussing the future development of the project, understanding and demonstrating that the service is supporting the partnership organisation in meeting their targets. The experience and knowledge gained through the project’s development provides a key learning tool for future projects and services that want to develop successful partnerships.

Keywords:

• partnership working
• collaborative
• statutory
• community
• common mental health problems