Social Prescribing: making it work for GPs and patients

By: British Medical Associaition

Guidance drafted by the British Medical Association to help GPs make the most of the non-clinical support schemes they refer patients to, and collaborate with social prescribing link workers who, from 1 July 2019, would join their extended primary care teams.

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