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Social prescribing: The practice of prescribing social activities as a medical treatment for certain conditions, like depression.

Social prescribing: The practice of prescribing social activities as a medical treatment for certain conditions, like depression.

In the wider environment, GPs were concerned about the option of community groups in their surrounding area and their often transient nature, and understood that the precarity of funding for third sector groups was a significant challenge. GPs also spoke of the ‘crisis’ across the NHS and General Practice, citing insufficient resources, time and staff…