Monthly referrals for social prescribing have tripled over the last three years, a health report has found. The Health Improvement Commission said the Bailiwick Social Prescribing (BSP ...

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 ...

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 ...

Taking part in social activities as an alternative to traditional medicine has helped participants find "purpose" and ...

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 ...

Craic Health has secured grant funding for its social prescribing scheme which uses comedy-based interventions to help people ...

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

The National Association of Social Prescribers is asking for social prescribing link workers to share details of their day-to-day experiences in this survey to help inform and shape their future work.

But the practice of prescribing art and cultural activities by providers in clinical settings has spread in recent years under the umbrella of social prescribing—wherein healthcare professionals ...

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

Social Prescribing Link Worker Lorraine Harper has dedicated the past three years to improving lives at Mortimer Surgery.