Month: January 2019

British Doctors Will Soon Be Able to Prescribe Art, Music, Dance and Singing Lessons to Patients

  In October 2018, the British government unveiled an ambitious strategy to tackle the growing problem of loneliness in the U.K. — Expansion of Social Prescribing. What is social prescribing? Social prescribing enables organisations, including doctors (i.e. general practitioners), to refer people to a range of services that offer support for social, emotional or practical needs. Services include music lessons,… Read more →