Prescribing museum trips may save the NHS cash - but will it help anyone get ...
(WorldNews Health)

Do you really need to see your GP? Perhaps you`d be better off visiting a museum, joining a walking group or taking up yoga. That`s the thinking behind `social prescribing`, the latest big idea in healthcare. The NHS says there is growing recognition that health is `determined primarily by a range of social, economic and environmental factors` - so instead of drugs or counselling, GPs are encouraged to refer a patient `to a range of local, non-clinical services`. In plain language, this means referring them to a...