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GPs prescribe live football for depression under scheme

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Story summary
  • Labour MP and GP Simon Opher launched the Football on Prescription programme at Forest Green Rovers.
  • The scheme started in August 2025 with the fifth-tier club in Gloucestershire.
  • GPs now prescribe live football attendance to patients with mild or moderate depression.
  • More than 50 GPs and social prescribers continue the partnership under a renewed repeat-prescription model.