The number of workers trained to prescribe social activities, like exercise groups and art classes, to GP patients who don’t need pills, is set to rise, under NHS England plans. The aim is that “link workers” will support GPs and reduce their workload. A link worker’s role is to help patients find suitable community activities…
GPs are being urged to prescribe golf for their patients – after pilot schemes found it boosted levels of fitness, muscle strength and happiness. Family doctors in London, Birmingham and Hampshire are being invited to take part in the programme, which sees the NHS offering golf coaching to patients with heart disease and respiratory conditions.…
Mindfulness, reiki, yoga and tai chi are just some of the courses on offer to a former mining community in Ayrshire thanks to Prince Charles. Opening a health and wellbeing centre at Dumfries House, a stately home near Cumnock, the prince welcomed the kind of “social prescribing” it could offer. Read full article
When Tammy McEvoy was asked to share her time and crafting talents to engage with other patients at her local health centre, she ended up getting back as much as she gave — maybe more. McEvoy is one of 15 “health champions” at the Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre taking part in an…
