ArticleThe Milbank quarterly2021
Social Prescribing in National Health Service Primary Care: What Are the Ethical Considerations?
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Experiences of Non-Pharmaceutical Primary Care Interventions for Common Mental Health Disorders in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Groups: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Physical Activity Prescription in Primary Health Care: An Ethical Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Service User Experiences and Perspectives of Social Prescribing Services for Mental Health.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Understanding the potential role of Social Prescribing Link Workers in supporting identified needs of people with physical and mental long-term conditions: a qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Social prescribing of cultural opportunities to support health and wellbeing: the importance of language, community engagement, and inclusion in developing local approaches.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Does social prescribing address social determinants of health?Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Diagnosing the context is as important as diagnosing the individual.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Health system lessons from community practice: a qualitative study rethinking the role of social prescribing for refugee populations.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Understanding how intermediaries connect adults to community-based physical activity: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Critical perspectives on Arts on Prescription.Perspectives in public health · 2024Review
- Integrating social prescribing in a Canadian regional health system to support healthy aging.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2024Article
- Theories used to develop or evaluate social prescribing in studies: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Speaking the same language - a scoping review to identify the terminology associated with social prescribing.Primary health care research & development · 2023Article
- Implementation and impact of a social prescribing intervention: an ethnographic exploration.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023Article
- Constituting link working through choice and care: An ethnographic account of front-line social prescribing.Sociology of health & illness · 2023Article
- The feasibility of identifying health inequalities in social prescribing referrals and declines using primary care patient records.NIHR open research · 2023Article
- Financing Approaches to Social Prescribing Programs in England and the United States.The Milbank quarterly · 2022Article
- Global developments in social prescribing.BMJ global health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Policy Points Social prescribing is proposed as a way of improving patients' health and well-being by attending to their non-clinical needs. This is done by connecting patients with community assets (typically voluntary or charitable organizations) that provide social and personal support. In the United Kingdom, social prescribing is used to improve patient well-being and reduce use of National Health Service resources. Although social prescribing schemes hold promise, evidence of their effects and effectiveness is sparse. As more information on social prescribing is gathered, it will be important to consider the associated ethical issues for patients, clinicians, link workers, and community assets.
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