Media Coverage: Contribution to the October 2021 issue of Governance Monthly, “The Potential of Social Prescription and the Role of Municipality: Connect Beyond Vertical Divisions” (Researcher Nishioka)

Daisuke Nishioka (Research Fellow) contributed to the October 2021 issue of Governance Monthly. In “Carisupport”, a special feature aimed at improving the skills of local government officials, the possibility of Municipality officials as practitioners of social prescription is introduced under the theme of “The Possibility of Social Prescription and the Role of Local Municipality”. published on September 28, 2021.

Special Feature: Municipal Planning for COVID-19 pandemic.

●”Carisupport” Special Feature.

The key is “connection”!  “The Potential of “Social Prescription”

▪️The Potential of Social Prescription and the Role of Municipality: Connect Beyond Vertical Divisions/ Daisuke Nishioka.

In social prescribing, it is important to collaborate with various professionals and departments involved in the lives of residents. In addition, the place where residents’ difficulties are discovered is not necessarily in the field of health care. All local government officials who have opportunities to come into contact with residents are practitioners of social prescription.

Gyousei Co.Monthly Governance, October 2021, is  here.