More doctors are prescribing free visits to museums and art galleries to counter a range of mental issues
Can museums heal ills better than pills?
British doctors were pioneers in social prescribing, or prescribing social or cultural activities to improve someone’s health. This approach is now a fixed component of the state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
Now, visits to art galleries and museums are firmly anchored in the healthcare system with a measurable effect, leading to 37 per cent fewer visits to the doctor and a 27 per cent reduction in hospital admissions, says the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance, a nationwide network of creative health initiatives, in data from 2023.
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