US EditionGPs to Prescribe Football Matches for Depression Sufferers in Groundbreaking
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, JUL 20 – The Gloucestershire scheme offers free Forest Green Rovers tickets to patients with mild depression, with 80% continuing social activities beyond the prescription, aiming to reduce antidepressant use.
- Patients in Gloucestershire will receive free tickets to watch Forest Green Rovers football matches as part of a mental health initiative aimed at tackling mild to moderate depression.
- Labour MP Dr Simon Opher and Ecotricity founder Dale Vince support the project, advocating for social prescribing as an alternative to antidepressants.
- Dr Opher reported that approximately four out of five patients participating in social activities experience benefits, such as reduced loneliness.
- Forest Green Rovers has provided tickets for the entire season, and the scheme begins with a match against Yeovil Town on August 16.
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GPs to prescribe football matches for depression sufferers in groundbreaking
The innovative scheme, devised by GP-turned-politician Dr Simon Opher alongside Mr Vince, will offer patients the opportunity to watch National League outfit Forest Green Rovers in action.
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In the United Kingdom, patients will soon be able to attend football matches with a doctor's prescription as an alternative treatment for depression. This is a pilot project by GP and Labour MP Simon Opher, in collaboration with Dale Vince, owner of Forest Green Rovers football club and founder of wind energy company Ecotricity.
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The initiative is planned to run for the whole season
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