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Global & Clinical Lead @NASPtweets | Hon Lecturer @UCL l Collab @HarvardGH | Medical Doctor | Founder #SocialPrescribingDay & @SP_champScheme 🎨🚑

England, United Kingdom
Joined February 2018
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I was born in a tiny village in Romania. Mother was diagnosed with cancer during early childhood. I failed getting into medical school twice. I was told my accent came straight from Soviet Russia. Couldn't afford laundry so I handwashed my clothes. This week? 1st day as a doctor.
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Delighted to see social prescribing officially listed as a Ministerial responsibility under @MareeToddMSP 👏👏👏👏
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Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca retweeted
Happy #socialprescribingday! Meet India, one of the fab social prescribers working in children and young people settings @RoyalLondonHosp, who are making a huge difference to young people and their families lives @KathEvans2 @Nellyfletch71 @NHSBartsHI @NHSBartsHealth
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Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca retweeted
Social prescribing connects people to local community activities and services to meet practical, social and emotional needs that affect health and wellbeing #SocialPrescribingDay 🎥 approach @GM_ICP @SalfordCouncil @Alvanleyfp @ViaductCare @CanalRiverTrust youtu.be/9ofLtRehszk?si=1wnC…
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Happy #SocialPrescribingDay to wonderful colleagues across the globe 🌍💙 A huge thank you to #linkworkers for the incredible hope they bring - thank you for humanising healthcare! 🙏 @NASPTweets @SP_champScheme @SocialPrescrib2 @CollegeofMed @Pers_Care
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Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca retweeted
Happy Social Prescribing day making ‘what matters to people’ a reality @Christy_Melam @SianB23 @sianslade @SocialPrescrib2 @SPYN_UK @JackieALeigh @BogdanBCG @ChangeMakerNo1 @KateMMulligan @KateHKnight @CrystalOldman @Pers_Care_Inst @MariePolley1 @NASPTweets @ruthannebaxter
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Nominate a Social Prescribing Champion! Calling #NHS clinical & non-clinical staff, we are looking for nominees who are passionate about supporting #SocialPrescribing as Champions. We welcome self or external nominations - to find out more: ow.ly/TfIK50QCKZo
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Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca retweeted
Get #SocialPrescribingDay on 14 March 2024 in your diaries and start planning! Social Prescribing Day is about applauding the achievements of #SocialPrescribing and thanking those who help make it happen. Download the @NASPTweets resource pack: bit.ly/3Qhsjt5
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We'll be welcoming @BogdanBCG Clinical Lead and Global Director for @NASPTweets to our #NextFiveYears International Conference on Thursday 8 February 2024. Join us: tickettailor.com/events/camp… #EndLoneliness
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Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca retweeted
Wow! Today we launched the National Framework for Social Prescribing in Wales - presentations from all bodies involved in the NFfSP (incl ourselves in @PublicHealthW), amazing examples of well-being in Wales, Welsh & intl panels reflecting on SP, and ending with a bilingual poem!
International panel @KateMMulligan @sianslade joining Welsh colleagues on lunching their National #SocialPrescribing Framework today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Incredible milestone, congratulations @amritajesurasa @Dr_CA_Wallace @lynne_neagle @WelshGovernment 👏 @NASPTweets @SocialPrescrib2 @CISP_ICPS
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Thank you for the international overview from social prescribing colleagues in Canada, Singapore and Australia at the launch of Welsh National Social Prescribing Framework @KateMMulligan @sianslade @NASPTweets @BogdanBCG @MathesonMichael @jenni_minto @MareeToddMSP
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Exciting opportunity for #healthcare #students 🚨⭐️ Please help us spread the word 📢 tag any students who may interested in joining our wonderful team 👇 @Howarth2L @NASPTweets @SocialPrescrib2 @SianB23 @h_chatterjee
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Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca retweeted
.@NHSEngland has published five decision support tools to assist #SharedDecisionMaking conversation between clinician and patient by explaining treatment, care and support to help the patient consider what matters most to them. #PersonalisedCare @sfinnikin england.nhs.uk/decision-supp…
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We are delighted to welcome delegates from Canada and Australia to the UK for a week of advancing international collaboration in #socialprescribing 
 Today our guests are visiting Camley Street Natural Park and NHS Wellington House
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Academic term in full swing @ucl - had the best debate on the intersection between #PersonalisedCare, #PrecisionMedicine & #PersonalisedMedicine. Highly interactive MSc students @uclgenomics 🙌🧬
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❗ Save The Date for #SocialPrescribingDay❗ Social Prescribing Day, 2024 will be on the 14th March! Join us to raise awareness of what social prescribing is, how it works, and how it changes lives ❤️ Watch this space for updates. To find out more: bit.ly/3Qhsjt5
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Inspirational evening hosted by @UniversitiesUK APPG @HouseofCommons - brilliant preview from @NavinaEvans @NHSEngland & @willquince on an insightful paper looking at the transformative role of univ in the #NHSLongTermWorkforcePlan 📄🏫 @ukmedschools @councilofdeans
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Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca retweeted
Social prescribing can turn peoples lives around. GPs and community organisations are doing brilliant work putting it into practice. My social prescribing roundtable @DHSC this week brought together some fabulous organisations making it happen + tons of ideas for realising its potential 🚀 @NALWUK @NASPTweets @RCGP @UK_Music @LGAComms @ace_national @Sport_England @SocialPrescrib2 @NHS_GM
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A great pleasure meeting colleagues across the world talking about #SocialPrescribing - very proud of my own country #Romania 🇷🇴 @Cluj_cc on their pilot on music & postnatal depression🎶. Truly inspirational! 🙌
We are delighted to share that our Global Lead @Bogdanbcg has been appointed as a Temporary Advisor for the @WHO Regional Office for Europe, contributing to the recent WHO meeting on Music and Motherhood: Health Care Innovation Through the Arts.
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