An innovative health programme that links patients with non-medical, community-led projects and organisations looks likely to become far more widespread as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Social ...

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, nurses, and ...

Social prescribing has gained traction across Canada, integrating healthcare, social services, and community support to benefit patients and lighten clinicians’ loads, according to a new report. Srija ...

Anxiety, depression, loneliness, chronic pain or long-term health conditions, as well as cancer and dementia: these are some of the pathologies that could benefit from ‘Social Prescribing’, that is ...

Editor's note: The article has been updated with a quote from the Science Media Centre. Despite becoming an integral part of British primary care, there is only limited and inconsistent evidence on ...

Bridget Kiely received funding from the Health Research Board Ireland to carry out this research. Susan Smith receives funding from the Health Research Board of Ireland and this work was supported ...

(Frank Frost) For more than 30 years, Frank Frost worked as a long-distance truck driver, ferrying industrial chemicals across the United Kingdom. "I worked away from home six days a week, working up ...

Hilary Bungay receives research funding from Arts Council England. She is a Trustee of the charity Arts and Minds Cambridge which provides Arts on Prescription in Cambridgeshire. The idea of arts on ...

Social prescribing is a part of personalized care provided by a range of local, non-clinical organizations to people who need support for their physical or mental health through social interventions.