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October 08, 2026

Bridging the Gap In Social Prescribing: “Lived Territories” As Community Pivots for Proximity-Based Health Systems

Authors Lara Gautier and Géraldine Layani comment on Kate Mulligan's essay - Social Prescribing as Strategic Infrastructure. They highlight three necessary conditions: upstream recognition of community intervention as primary linkage to the health system, primary care as population-based local infrastructure and explicit territorial governance. Healthcare Papers 23.4

 

 

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Canada's healthcare system is approaching structural limits: nearly $400 billion in annual spending, while nearly one in five Canadians is without a regular healthcare provider, emergency departments overflow and health inequities persist that universal coverage alone cannot resolve. This paper argues that social prescribing, a structured referral system connecting people to community resources through trained link workers, offers not merely an additional program but a paradigm shift. By making [...]