🌱 Gardening 🌲 walking in the woods 🍃 or some other dose of nature could soon be commonly prescribed as a treatment on the NHS
“We have been promoting the wide range of physical and mental ill-health benefits of nature based activities, particularly with examples across the country through our Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn sites to tackle and prevent mental ill-health,” he said.
“There will be a full evaluation of the pilots published next year, but we hope the new evidence reviews help demonstrate the huge potential of nature-based activities, and will encourage health leaders across the country to recognise the benefits for people who are struggling with their mental health.”
Green Social Prescribing is described in the report as “connecting and supporting people to engage in nature-based activities to improve their mental health”.
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