Social prescribing is used in health and social care, where people can live better by improving social and environmental aspects of their lives. Social prescribing has been found to benefit people ...

If you are like most, you haven't heard of social prescribing, and if you have, you aren't sure what it is. Social prescribing is an intervention healthcare professionals —such as doctors ...

The National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) has appointed Professor Kamila Hawthorne as its new chair of trustees.

Social prescribing won’t replace drugs or other ... or who need support with their mental health, can benefit from singing in a choir. “I've been involved with a programme of weekly singing ...

Social prescribing is a holistic, non-clinical and person-centred approach to people’s health and wellbeing. It involves being referred to a link worker who will work alongside you to connect you to ...

A Government minister has visited a Northampton charity on Time To Talk Day to see the benefits of a social prescribing programme, which helps those suffering with their mental health by easing them ...

Trials are taking place to see if “comedy-on-prescription” can help improve people’s mental health, reduce NHS costs and ...

Kamila has been a GP for almost 37 years and is the current Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners Council. She ...

Research suggests arts and cultural engagement can be used to help treat the symptoms of a number of conditions, including ...

Social prescribing link workers often feel isolated and lack a sense of belonging, according to research led by the University of Oxford. Working in primary care settings across England ...