Tackling loneliness with a well stocked community

@article{McNally2018TacklingLW,
  title={Tackling loneliness with a well stocked community},
  author={Lisa McNally},
  journal={British Medical Journal},
  year={2018},
  volume={362},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:51617648}
}
The Royal College of General Practitioners’ action plan on tackling loneliness is a positive move and encourages social prescribing and the promotion of local, community based opportunities for social contact.
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