Social prescribing - A Ten Year Vision

GPs across London are recognising that clinical prescribing medication may not be the only way nor the most effective way to treat health conditions.

Social Prescribing is a holistic way of looking at health by recognising how a range of socio-economic factors can impact general wellbeing.

The London Assembly Health Committee releases its consultation response to the Mayor’s Social Prescribing Vision. The response sets out a ten-year vision for how to embed social prescribing across London.

The recommendations include:

• More should be done to help Londoners understand what social prescribing is and its benefits
• The Mayor’s vision must reach out to underrepresented groups and explain in detail how it will do so
• Consider social investors as a means of getting upfront investment for social prescribing

Our response to the Mayor's vision can be read below.