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 ...

Comedy is being trialled as a potential treatment for mental health issues in a groundbreaking new scheme. The initiative, ...

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 ...

Craic Health has secured grant funding for its social prescribing scheme which uses comedy-based interventions, such as stand ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

YOUR Voice Inverclyde has announced it is hosting a Social Prescribing Day event. It will be aimed at promoting health and wellbeing by connecting people to local activities, support, and resources.