Real-World Evaluation - Creative prescribing discovery programme

Creative prescribing is an approach to healthcare in which people are connected to assets within their community to address their social, emotional, physical, or practical needs. Within social prescribing there is a term creative prescribing, also known as a creative referral, arts on referral and/or arts on prescription. Creative prescribing ‘ is an umbrella term that is used to describe the referral of individuals to community assets to participate in a broad range of creative activities. Examples of creative referral activities include singing / music making, painting, dance, drama, crafts, photography and film, theatre, and creative writing (Splossary, 2024). The activities that are offered under creative prescribing empower people to address the psychological and wellbeing issues that are often found in people who frequently visit the GP (University of Westminster, 2016). The TriTech Institute and Innovation team supported an independent evaluation of the creative prescribing programme run by the HDUHB Arts and Health team.