Siân Slade

PhD candidate and Honorary Enterprise Fellow, Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

Could your GP prescribe a Parkrun instead of a pill?

‘Social prescribing’ is a growing area where health professionals connect patients to non-medical services and activities to benefit their wellbeing

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