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Exercise: Social Prescribing

Asked by Nick SmithLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 22 July 2025UIN 905339

The question

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS practitioners prescribing parkrun on public health.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

Parkrun is a fantastic achievement - helping thousands of people to move more. Social prescribing like this can really boost people’s health and wellbeing.
We know that movement saves the NHS around £10.5 billion a year – but 12 million adults are still inactive.
We need a team effort to succeed in getting millions more moving and there’s lots for us to learn from Parkrun’s experience.

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