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Patients are referred by their local gp, and then offered things like exercise support and cooking advice here. they also provide healthy food to low income families from the point of referral, we assess a person's needs. we assess what it is they need support with, and we offer them a various range of levels of support. so what we aim to do is to reduce gp consultations, to reduce hospitalisations and to try and tackle in a holistic way, how to help people improve their health and well—being. maureen's got a number of physical and mental health issues, and has used the local prescribing ser...

Prescribing fruit and vegetables, as well as food education, to patients who are suffering the effects or poor diet or food insecurity. 0ur correspondent ellie price has more. it's just what the doctor ordered, but not what you might expect. cathy runs the charity care merseyside, involved in what's called social prescribing. patients are referred by their local gp, and then offered things like exercise support and cooking advice. here, they also provide healthy food to low income families. from the point of referral, we assess a person's needs. we assess what it is they need support with, and...