PATIENTS seeing their GP in Cornwall could soon be prescribed a visit to a walking club or an arts group under a new scheme.

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that £300,000 will be invested in ‘social prescribing’ in the county over the next year.

The scheme will be lead by the Volunteer Cornwall organisation and link workers will be working in conjunction with GPs as the initiative develops.

See Friday’s Cornish Times for more details.