Watch my question on the value of social prescribing

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

Social prescribing connects people to non-medical activities, groups, and services in their local community to improve their health and wellbeing.

We’ve got some fantastic organisations offering these services in South Devon, like Veterans Outdoors, which uses outdoor activity, emotional resilience training, and one-to-one support to help veterans with physical and mental health.

Organisations like Veterans Outdoors do incredible work, turning lives around, particularly for those with mental health challenges, but their projects receive absolutely no funding.

That is despite these organisations saving the NHS and other services loads of money through their work. I find that absolutely baffling. If these services disappeared tomorrow, the NHS would be even more stretched than it already is.

So, why doesn’t the government commit to encouraging Integrated Care Boards to fund these amazing projects?

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