Multimorbidity (two or more coexisting conditions in an individual) is a growing global
challenge with substantial effects on individuals, carers and society. Multimorbidity occurs a …

The UK Medical Research Council's widely used guidance for developing and evaluating
complex interventions has been replaced by a new framework, commissioned jointly by the …

Objectives To establish the evidence base for the effects on health outcomes and costs of
social prescribing link workers (non-health or social care professionals who connect people …

Social prescribing is an approach that aims to improve health and well-being. It connects
individuals to non-clinical services and supports that address social needs, such as those …

Social prescribing programmes (SP) are person-centred coaching schemes meant to help
participants improve individual circumstances, thereby to reduce demand on health and …

Background COVID-19 public health restrictions, such as social distancing and self-
isolation, have been particularly challenging for vulnerable people with health conditions …

Methods: We performed a systematic review and qualitative synthesis of interventional
studies of community referral interventions focused on facilitating psychosocial support. We …

Social prescribing (SP) is an approach that promotes the use of local non-clinical activities
by people. The referral is usually made by primary health-care professionals, in a process …

Tudor Hart was a pioneer of such an approach, anticipating problems so they could be
prevented, ambitious for what could be achieved in general practice, and working steadily …

Social prescribing schemes refer people toward personalized health/wellbeing interventions
in local communities. Since schemes hold different representations of social prescribing …