GPs are being urged to take advantage of greater prescribing freedoms to refer people with addiction and depression problems to 'care farms', which provide health initiatives in a rural setting.
Due to speak at the second National Care Farms conference today, NHS Alliance chair Dr Michael Dixon said care farms are a relatively new concept in Britain but common in the Netherlands and Italy.
GPs are being urged to take advantage of greater prescribing freedoms to refer people with addiction and depression problems to 'care farms', which provide health initiatives in a rural setting.
Due to speak at the second National Care Farms conference today, NHS Alliance chair Dr Michael Dixon said care farms are a relatively new concept in Britain but common in the Netherlands and Italy.
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