Doctors will send almost one million NHS patients for singing, gardening or art classes

Doctors will send almost one million NHS patients for singing, gardening or art classes Doctors will send almost one million NHS patients for singing, gardening or art classes under a £5million Government scheme.

Ministers will launch the National Academy for Social Prescribing to co-ordinate the wider roll-out of arts, sport and leisure activities for patients across the country.

Such 'social prescribing' has been shown to help people with illnesses including depression, loneliness and heart disease. The Daily Mail