Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard is a British medical academic and a medical general practitioner. She is Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges a GP principal and Chair of the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP). She was Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) from November 2016 to November 2019.

In this episode Anya and Helen discuss the impact of loneliness, lack of meaning and spiritual needs can impact people's mental and physical health. They also discuss different means these problems can be addressed, including the concept of social prescribing.

Interviewed by Dr. Anya Borissova.

National Academy for Social Prescribing website: https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/resources/

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1.https://www.nalw.org.uk/
2.https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/workforce-and-training/social-prescribing-link-workers/

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E65 - Are We Ignoring Loneliness? (with Prof. Dame Stokes Lampard)