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 ...

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 ...

Doctors abroad have sent patients to social events from art classes to community gardening for years. Now the trend has come to the States.

Frank Frost found camaraderie and better health in a cycling group in the U.K. that his doctor recommended he try. For more than 30 years, Frank Frost worked as a long-distance truck driver, ferrying ...

As a hospital-based physician, I almost always treat people with serious chronic health conditions. As a consequence of these conditions, they lose not just energy but also connection to much of what ...

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.

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 to 12-15 hours ...

Social prescribing involves helping patients to improve their health, wellbeing and social welfare by connecting them to community services which might be run by the council or a local charity. For ...