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Social Prescribing in Donegal featured on RTE’s Nationwide

Social Prescribing in Donegal was highlighted on last Friday’s RTÉ Nationwide Programme. It is is often described as taking the feeling of being depressed out of the medical world and into the social arena. Filmed in April of 2021, the segment ...

20 Jan 2022 at 14:33

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Derry community project develop OCN qualification in Social Prescribing

A community project based at the Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum has recently announced the development of an accredited OCN in Social Prescribing. The Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum has announced the development of an Open College ...

18 Dec 2022 at 11:33

NHS could save £635m through ‘green social prescribing’, study suggests

The NHS could save more than £635 million a year by signing some patients up to nature-based health and wellbeing programmes, according to a report by The Wildlife Trusts. In July 2020, the Government announced a £4 million investment in ...

20 Jul 2023 at 00:01

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Mother who spent 40 years in mental health system and attempted suicide at ‘crisis point’ says art changed her life

A mother turned artist who spent 40 years in the mental health system and attempted suicide has said becoming a painter transformed her life more than any of the support she received and she wants to help others to explore creative and ...

09 Nov 2023 at 07:00

Study finds scant evidence behind social prescribing workers

There is little evidence that so-called “social prescribing link workers” improve social support or ease the burden on overstretched GP services, a new review has concluded. The new analysis, published in the journal BMJ Open, found ...

18 Oct 2022 at 00:30

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Health Ministers from North and South to address All Ireland Social Prescribing conference in Derry

Over 200 delegates from across the island will attend this year’s All Ireland Social Prescribing Conference in Derry’s City Hotel this week. Social Prescribing is an innovative approach to health, whereby GPs and other healthcare ...

21 Jun 2022 at 15:33

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Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum develop OCN qualification in Social Prescribing

20 Dec 2022 at 14:33

‘Comedy-on-prescription’ trials under way in bid to improve mental health

Trials are taking place to see if “comedy-on-prescription” can help improve people’s mental health, reduce NHS costs and offer alternatives to antidepressants. Craic Health has secured grant funding for its social ...

20 Feb 2025 at 00:01

‘No-brainer’ to fund comedy on prescription to aid mental health, MPs hear

Funding “comedy-on-prescription” is a “no-brainer”, MPs have heard, as initial feedback suggests trials of the scheme had a positive impact on people’s mental health. Craic Health secured funding for its social ...

13 Mar 2025 at 21:16

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