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Social prescribing in Manchester

How to Build a Healthy City

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How Do You Build a Healthy City?

Greater manchester is the first city region in the u k to have a devolved health care deal. The mayor, andy burnam, has been leading this devolution experiment. One of the big things he's pushing is social prescribing - getting family doctors to refer patients who might be suffering from long term problems such as mental health issues. How do you build a healthy city? That's the subject of this series.

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