Social prescribing is a means to identify people‘s non-medical, health-related social needs and address them through non-clinical and support services in the community. It has grown in policy and practice globally and has shown promise in contributing to better health and well-being outcomes. However, evidence is still limited on system-level outcomes.

For social prescribing’s potential to be fully realised, social prescribing has to be supported and informed by high-quality research programmes. Continued dialogue and international collaboration is therefore needed to promote knowledge and best practice.