To celebrate Social Prescribing Day, the International Social Prescribing Alliance launches their champion scheme report Seven Years On! at the Greengross A4D International Arts for Brain Health Changemakers SOCIAL PRESCRIBING CHAMPIONS Conversation.

Co-chairs Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca Clinical Lead and Global Director of the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP), and Hamaad Khan, Global Development Officer of NASP, share insights with International Social Prescribing Champions from Australia, Canada, the UK and United States of America.

Medical students represent an untapped asset that can build the foundation of a brighter future. The Social Prescribing Champion scheme enables medical students – the generation of today, and the future doctors of tomorrow – to become involved arts prescription programmes, to promote social prescribing within their region and to interact with people wishing to preserve their wellbeing and brain health through cultural and creative activity – to understand their needs and existing skills first hand and how best to access these.

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HOST Veronica Franklin Gould, President, Arts 4 Dementia
CO-CHAIR Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca, Clinical Lead and Global Director of the National Academy for Social Prescribing launches The Social Prescribing Student Champion Scheme report 7 Years On! discussing key highlights and achievements.
CO-CHAIR Hamaad Khan, NASP Global Development Officer, chairs Conversation Panels:
PANEL 1: The Role of the Social Prescribing Student Champion Scheme, its importance in shaping future doctors and healthcare professionals.
Charlotte Osborn-Forde, CEO, National Academy for Social Prescribing
Nicola Gitsham, Head of Healthcare inequalities, improvement and personalisation, NHS England.
PANEL 2: Conversation with UK Social Prescribing Student Champions
Kirstie Goodchild, SP Student Champion Evidence Lead
Naabil Khan, SP Student Champion Global Lead
Alexandra Tan, Student Champion Social Media Lead
PANEL 3: Conversation with International Social Prescribing Student leaders
Abbey Deguara, Co-lead, AMSA Social Prescribing Student Collective. Australia.
Maddie Maier, Chair, US Social Prescribing Student Collective, and founder of the Harvard Undergraduate Initiative for Social Prescribing.
Le-Tien Duong Bhaskar, Co-Lead, Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective
Q & A, chaired by Hamaad Khan