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● projectScaled · national · 2011
Welzijn op Recept (wellbeing on prescription)
The Dutch form of social prescribing: the general practitioner refers patients with psychosocial complaints (loneliness, stress, grief) to a community wellbeing coach instead of prescribing medication or medical care.
illustrative atlas image · Roger Brown / PexelsLKLandelijk Kennisnetwerk Welzijn op ReceptT(Trimbos-instituut (co-desarrollador del modelo y del handbook)MHMiriam HeijndersJAJan Auke Walburg
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01 The context
Pilot started in December 2011 at the De Roerdomp health center (Nieuwegein) with the welfare organization MOvactor and the Trimbos-instituut. Today it operates in more than 175 municipalities, coordinated by the Landelijk Kennisnetwerk Welzijn op Recept, with a national monitor and anchoring in the Integraal Zorgakkoord. In 2025-2026 it is expanding with structural funding (7.6 million euros/year) in Groningen and Noord-Drenthe via the Nij Begun social agenda.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
Evidence'Welzijn op Recept' (Social Prescribing): a helping hand in re-establishing social contacts - an explorative qualitative studyPrimary Health Care Research & Development · 2018
EvidenceDuurzaam borgen van Welzijn op Recept (rapport 2024-0027)RIVM · 2024