Eastern Northampton’s brand-new Community Choir took to the stage for the very first time on Thursday, delivering an uplifting and heartfelt performance at the Spring Social Prescribing Winter ...

Simple conversations, time to listen, and social referrals can ease loneliness among vulnerable patients during the festive seasons.

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.

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 ...

Shift Your Mindset is a monthly series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. As evidence mounts that meaningful ...

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 ...

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 ...

It took two years and nearly 50 emergency-room visits for Dr. Ardeshir Hashmi to realize he didn’t need to prescribe pills for his 93-year-old patient’s excruciating chest pains. He needed to ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – As the U.S. healthcare system continues to evolve, a new and promising movement is gaining ground—social prescribing. I sat down with an occupational therapist and the Lead for ...

More than 100 of Spring’s Social Prescribing Teams clients, both previous and current attended a creative festival on ...

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 ...

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 ...