All of us have struggled with patients who need more than we can give them. Whether its a patient struggling with a relationship, recent bereavement or a lost job, these things can call manifest physical symptoms and be difficult to treat in the traditional sense. Dr Shilpa Sisodia, a Public Health Registrar working in Leicester, joins us to discuss how we can benefit from social prescribing. We discuss how social prescribing works, who is involved, and how it can help us in situations where patients may normally struggle to receive support.