GP Online 17 July 2018
- Results of a survey on the use of social prescribing by GPs (n=391) by GP Online:
- over 23% of GPs said they or their colleagues used social prescribing regularly
- 21%of GPs said they had referred using this method at least once before
- 22% of GPs said they would refer in this way if they had more information about the services available
- 14% of GPs said they were open to the idea but had never tried it
- 10% of GPs said they were not involved in social prescribing in any way
- 6% of GPs said they did not believe social prescribing was something GPs should be involved in
- Less than 4% of GPs said they did not have time to refer for non-clinical services.
- Social Prescribing is one of the 10 High Impact Actions supporting Releasing Capacity in General Practice.
