How social prescribing is cutting the NHS drugs bill Instead of prescribing medication, some GPs are offering patients access to exercise, social support and help with housing or employment
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Research has highlighted the growing issues around antibiotic resistance and over-prescribing drugs in the NHS. Patients appear to be under growing expectation that when they enter a GP surgery, they should leave with a prescription for tablets or pills; whether drugs hold the answer to their problem or not.
Its neither the fault of patients nor GPs that this has become the norm. When people cant find an appropriate solution to their ills, they often turn to an inappropriate one, or the answer they think is best. However, where tablets and pills do not hold the key, increasingly, GPs are finding that social prescribing does. Continue reading... The Guardian
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